Al Karnak
in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
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Luxor International Airport (5 mi) - Sohag International Airport (71 mi)
- Marsa Alam International Airport (121 mi)
- Aswan International Airport (122 mi)
- Hurghada International Airport (123 mi)
- El Kharga Airport (130 mi)
- Assiut International Airport (137 mi)
- El Tor Airport (183 mi)
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (Unesco heritage, 4 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 25.718 and 32.654 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 25° 43' 4" and E 32° 39' 15"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - EGP
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:43 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:20 am and 6:15 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -23.883 and -147.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Matotea - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Egypt.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Egypt. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Discover Al Karnak
Al Karnak in Luxor Governorate is a place in Egypt about 312 mi (or 502 km) south of Cairo, the country's capital city.
Current time in Al Karnak is now 06:43 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Africa / Cairo with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports near Al Karnak, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Egypt is Luxor International Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 7 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis in a distance of 4 mi (or 6 km), West. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Luxor, Qina, Sohag, Aswan and Hurghada. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 32°C / 89 °F
| Morning Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 34°C / 94 °F |
| Night Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 13% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
35°C (94 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
33°C (91 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
38°C (100 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Pavillon Winter Luxor
Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor
STEIGENBERGER NILE PALACE LUXOR
Sonesta St. George Hotel - Luxor
Mercure Luxor Karnak
Hilton Luxor Resort - Spa
Iberotel Luxor
SENTIDO MS MAHROUSSA
Queens Valley Luxor
Karnak Hotel Luxor
Videos from this area
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Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt / Karnak, Luksor, Egipt
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and partly.
Egipto templo de luxor
haren del Dios Amón-Ra. Waset, capital de egipto en el imperio nuevo realizado durante el Imperio Nuevo. Estaba unido al templo de Karnak mediante una avenida de esfinges. Fue construido...
Karnak Temple, Luxor - Ägypten, Egypt Travel Channel
English see below http://www.myvideomedia.de [dt.] Der Karnak Tempel, nördlich von Luxor, ist die größte Tempelanlage Ägyptens. Vor dem Eingangsbereich befindet sich eine Allee von Sphinxen,...
Luxor Temple, Luxor - Egypt Travel Channel
Luxor-Temple, Egypt http://blog.myvideomedia.com English see below Der Luxor-Tempel ist die südliche der zwei altägyptischen Tempelanlagen in Luxor. Er war über eine 2,5 km lange Sphingenalle...
Luxor, Egypt - Luxor Temple HD (2013)
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE. For centuries...
Cruise the Nile with Kuoni Travel
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Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt
Excursion from Safaga, Egypt, January 18, 2011 - Suez Canal cruise with Brilliance of the Seas from Barcelona to Dubai. The Karnak Temple Complex comprises a vast mix of ruined temples, chapels,...
Tempio di Luxor
La guida ci introduce alla storia egizia e ci parla del tempio di Luxor. The tour leader introduces the temple of Luxor to the group.
Luxor Temple at night light El Antiguo Egipto de los Faraones
El Antiguo Egipto de los Faraones. Luxor Temple at night light El templo de Luxor fue erigido en honor a Amón, en Tebas ciudad conocida como de las cien puertas según Homero y capital...
Sheraton Luxor Event Planning in Karnak Temple
Sheraton Luxor will be hosting a Gala Dinner event this year in the Karnak temple for 1000 attendees.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex—usually called Karnak—comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began in the reign of Sesostris I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom.
Temple of Amenhotep IV
The structures within the Temple of Amenhotep IV at Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, were used during the first four years of the reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, when he still referred to himself as Amenhotep IV, although they may have been constructed at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III, and completed by his son, the future Akhenaten.
Precinct of Amun-Re
The Precinct of Amun-Re, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex. The precinct is by far the largest of these and the only one that is open to the general public. The temple complex is dedicated to the principal god of the Theban Triad, Amun, in the form of Amun-Re. The site occupies roughly 250 000 m², containing many structures and monuments.
El-Assasif
The necropolis of el-Assasif is located on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahri, and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. It contains burials of 18th Dynasty and the 25th and 26th Dynasties, covering the period circa 1550 to 525 BC across all three dynasties.
List of obelisks in Rome
The city of Rome harbours the most obelisks in the world. There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also formerly (until 2005) an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome. For transport down the Nile to Alexandria and from there across the Mediterranean Sea to the capital Rome, special heavy cargo carriers, the Obelisk ships, were used by the Romans.
Chapelle Rouge
The Red Chapel of Hatshepsut or the Chapelle Rouge originally was constructed as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut. She was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although demolished and parts being reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials.
Great Hypostyle Hall
The Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak, located within the Karnak temple complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re, is one of the most visited monuments of Ancient Egypt. It was built around the 19th Egyptian Dynasty (ca. 1290-1224 BCE). The design was initially instituted by Hatshepsut, at the North-west chapel to Amun in the upper terrace of Deir el-Bahri. The hall covers an area of 50,000 sq ft .
Karnak Open Air Museum
Karnak Open Air Museum, located in the northwest corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re, in the Karnak complex, in the city of Luxor, Egypt, the Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex. Notable amongst them the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut, the White Chapel of Senusret I and the calcite shrine of Amenhotep II.
White Chapel
For other uses, see Whitechapel (disambiguation) Currently reconstructed in the Karnak Open Air Museum, the White Chapel of Senusret I, also referred to as the Jubilee Chapel of Senusret I, was built during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. During the New Kingdom it was demolished and used as filler for the Third Pylon of the temple of Karnak, Precinct of Amun-Re.
Bubastis Portal
This portal gate is located in Karnak, within the Precinct of Amun-Re temple complex, between the temple of Ramesses III and the second pylon. It records the conquests and military campaigns in Syria-Palestine of Shoshenq I, of the Twenty-second Dynasty. Bubastis was daughter of Isis. It is said that she had the head of a cat and the body of the animal sacred to her.
Temple of Khonsu
Located with the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt, the Temple of Khonsu is an example of an almost complete New Kingdom temple, and was originally constructed by Ramesses III, on the site of an earlier temple. The gateway of this temple is at the end of the avenue of sphynxes that ran to the Luxor Temple. In Ptolemaic times, Ptolemy III Euergetes constructed a great gateway and enclosure wall for the temple, only the gateway now remains (see below).
Festival Hall of Thutmose III
The Festival Hall of Thutmose III (Akh-menu). It is normally translated as "the most glorious of monuments", but "monument to living spirit" is an alternative translation since akh can mean either glory or blessed/living spirit (For instance, Akhenaten is often translated as "living spirit of Aten"). It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex, in modern Luxor, Egypt.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
El Kharnâk, El Karnak, Al Karnak, Karnak, Al-Karnak, الكرنك
