Ramesses III Temple

Ramesses III Temple
Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is a well-preserved New Kingdom temple on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, built in the 12th century BC [1]. Covering over 7,000 m², this "million-year house" served the divine cult of the pharaoh Ramesses III [1]. The temple complex also includes an Amun temple, burial chapels of the divine wives of Amun from the 23rd–26th dynasties, and a sacred lake [1]. It is renowned for its relief depictions of Ramesses III's victory over the Sea Peoples around 1175 BC [1][2].

TypeTemple complex
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEgypt
Coordinates25.7185° N, 32.6570° E

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