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The Karnak Temples are the largest temple complex in Egypt in Karnak, a village about 2.5 kilometers north of Luxor and directly on the east bank of the Nile. The oldest remains of the temple that are still visible today date from the 12th century. Dynasty under Sesostris I. The temple complex was expanded and rebuilt again and again until the Roman Empire. The temple complex has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979, along with the Luxor Temple and the Theban Necropolis. Outstanding among the ruins is the temple of Amun-Re with its ten pylons, the largest of which is approx. 113 meters wide and approx. 15 meters thick and a planned height of approx. has 45 meters. The total area of ​​the temple is approx. 30 hectares (530, 515, 530 and 610 meters side length). Next to the pylons is the great hypostyle hall, begun by Haremheb and completed under Seti I and Ramses II. was completed, particularly impressive. The temple complex consists of three walled areas, the district of Amun (ancient Egyptian Ipet-sut, "place of election"), the district of Month (150 × 156 meters, total area 2.34 hectares) and the district of Mut (405 , 275, 295 and 250 meters side length, total area approx. 9.2 hectares). In addition to these three large temple districts, there is also the Aten temple, the Gem-pa-Aton, which Akhenaten had built in Karnak in the sixth year of his reign. In ancient times, an avenue lined on both sides with 365 sphinxes connected the Temple of Amun with the approx. Luxor Temple is 2.5 km away. This road ended on the 10th. pylon of the temple. After the elevation of Amun-Res of Thebes to the position of local god and later imperial god, the rulers of the early Middle Kingdom began building a temple that was expanded over thousands of years to form the present-day temple complex, where the priesthood of Amun conducted daily temple service. Temples were also erected for Amun's wife, the goddess Mut, and for their son Khons; together they formed the triad of Thebes. In addition to these three gods, the god Month, who was still in the 11th Dynasty was the main god of Thebes, dedicated a temple. In the ancient Egyptian world of belief there is the principle of the cosmological order, this principle is called Maat. Since the Ma'at is not an immutable state and can be thrown out of balance by humans, maintaining this state is important to keep chaos and destruction from the world. An Egyptian temple represents a model of the world. One of the king's foremost duties was therefore to preserve the balance of the Ma'at. This happened in the most sacred area of ​​the temple. In the temple, sacred cultic acts (sacrificial offerings, prayers and songs) were performed by the king or the high priest who represented him. The earliest evidence of a cult of Amun in Thebes dates from the Middle Kingdom. It is an octagonal column of Anteph II, now in the Luxor Museum. The oldest building remains visible today date from the time of Sesostris I. In the New Kingdom there was a lot of building activity and the temple complex soon reached enormous proportions. The temple was also still being built in the Late and Greco-Roman periods.
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