Egypt - Karnak Temple

Right, this is the big one - Karnak Temple. This is on a vast scale. It's on the opposite side of the Nile to the Valley of the Kings, i.e. the life side as opposed to the death side. This was added to over the centuries and has the mark of Rameses II and Hatsepshut.

The first pylon (there are 4). This row of status are part of a causeway that extends all the way to Luxor Temple the other side of town.
Bit of graffiti. This from Napoleon's mob when they turned up for a look-see.
Doesn't look like much but this is important. Why? Because it shows you how the temples were built. To the left is part of a mud-brick ramp that the stones were dragged up. You can see from the wall that they were stacked up rough-cut and then finished in-situ.
Everything is big here. This is the hypostyle hall.
There's even some of the original colour on the parts out of direct sunlight.
Everyone gets directed to this spot for a photo of an obelisk through the columns. Shame the colours didn't come out better.
Me. With an obelisk. And a hat.
Kim with a couple of pointy things.
One of the obelisks. There are about 5 in the complex. There were more but one is in Paris, one in London and the other in New York. These were the work of Hatsepshut.
What do you know - Rameses II's cartouch.
Kim and a few of the people from our group, including Mahmoud explaining the finer point of something.
A great big granite scarab. Rumour has it that, if you walk around it a few times, good luck will ensue. Therefore, a bugger to get a photo.
The sacred lake. It doesn't look like much of a lake or very sacred but it was important when the temple was up and running. The crane in the background is putting back together a different axis which was built by Hatsepshut.
This is such a large complex, there is always more restoration work underway.
A bloke with a stiffy.
And we'll see the other end of this lot at the next temple.