Visiting the Temple of Rameses and Madinat Habu in Ancient Egypt.
Guides and Pictures about Madinat Habu Temple and the Temple of Rameses III in Luxor, Egypt.
There are lots of excellent ancient Egyptian tombs and temple sites to tour around whilst on holiday
in Luxor, Egypt and then there are several which are
particularly
remarkable (Karnak Temple is amazing for example) for various reasons maybe
because of their sheer scale or perhaps because of the wall paintings and
so on - we thought Madinat Habu was exceptional and certainly not to be
missed whilst on holiday in Egypt. Madinat Habu Temple is enclosed by a high defensive
wall and is located on Luxor's West Bank and quite close to the Main Ticket Office serving the
Valley of the Queens and the Temples etc. so if you enjoy sightseeing away from
the normal organised trips you can easily get here from Luxor - From Luxor take the Worker's Ferry across The Nile to the West Bank and then a
taxi (this should cost around 20 to 25LE) to the Main Ticket Office and get the
entrance tickets which in February 2006 were 20LE each..
The ruins of the outer part of the site are not very far from the Ticket Office so simply walk along
the road to the entrance (alternatively when you hire your taxi tell the driver
you want him to wait while you get your ticket and then take you on to Habu - they
will happily do this).
Note we have included a visit to Madinat Habu as part of one of
our day trip descriptions which started off by visiting the Valley of the Queens
and which also visited the Workers Village - as all three sites are roughly in
the same location. Actually it is surprising how often Madinat Habu Temple is missed out by people
when they are on holiday in Luxor - once the day trips out to the various Tombs
in the Valley of the Workers and Valley of the Queens are completed
perhaps they have had enough sightseeing and just go back to Luxor - missing out a visit
to Madinat Temple is in our view a major omission.
We did walk between these sites easily enough and then walked the 3km back
to the ferry but if you don't fancy this we were quoted a Luxor - Sites - Luxor
day out by taxi for about 100LE (10 UK Pounds).
The first picture is the Pylon of Ptolemy
VIII and the next is a close up of the top of it's gate and the third
photo is looking up under the archway. 4th and 5th photos are the ruins of the Temple of the 18th Dynasty and of the Migdol and the ruins of the chapels of the Divine Votaresses
Photos of the First Pylon showing the
entrance -
this is really imposing and it has huge wall reliefs of Ramses III
Wall releifs and pylons to be found in the
North and South Colonnades of the First Court.
There are a whole series of columns in the Temple -the photos were taken
in the Second Court. They are massive as perhaps can be appreciated in
the photos on the right where you can see someone is sitting.
The pillars are completely covered in paintings which show up really
well - however they look particularly spectacular where the sun-light catches them.
This is the remains of the pillars in the
Hypostyle Hall - most of the upper parts of the pillars were subsequently
removed and re-used by builders elsewhere.
It's nice to be able to take your time wandering around the outside of
the main building - it is a maze of ruins which include the Royal Palace
and further along some magazines - all extremely interesting.
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remarkable (Karnak Temple is amazing for example) for various reasons maybe
because of their sheer scale or perhaps because of the wall paintings and
so on - we thought Madinat Habu was exceptional and certainly not to be
missed whilst on holiday in Egypt. Madinat Habu Temple is enclosed by a high defensive
wall and is located on Luxor's West Bank and quite close to the Main Ticket Office serving the
Valley of the Queens and the Temples etc. so if you enjoy sightseeing away from
the normal organised trips you can easily get here from Luxor - From Luxor take the Worker's Ferry across The Nile to the West Bank and then a
taxi (this should cost around 20 to 25LE) to the Main Ticket Office and get the
entrance tickets which in February 2006 were 20LE each..
