The temple was dedicated to Amun-Ra, whose marriage to Mut was celebrated annually, when the sacred procession moved by boat from the temple of Karnak to the temple of Luxor, which was built by the two Pharaohs Amenhotep III and Ramses II placed in the middle of the city overlooking the Nile. The temple axis was bent, in order to build a straight Sphinx-Avenue to the Karnak Temple.
Originally, six huge statues of Ramses II were placed in front of the first pylon, of which three were preserved until today. In front of the temple a red granite obelisk can be seen. The secondone was placed on the Place de la Concorde in Paris in 1836.
Temple of Karnak
This temple was not constructed after a single conception, but it was extended and widened over nearly two thousand years. Next to the god Amun it was also dedicated to other gods, like Ptah and Chonsu. The oldest parts of the temple are situated in the east and date from the 11th dynasty. The most truly astonishing feature is the unique immense hypostyle hall, 102 metres long and 53 metres wide, containing 134 sandstone columns, which are arranged into 16 rows on 5,400 square metres.
The temple enjoyed its income from a considerable number of estates all over the country. Worth seeing are also two obelisks, the sacred lake, the huge Scarabeus and the Sphinx avenue connecting the Karnak Temple with the Luxor Temple.
Luxor 
The temple was dedicated to Amun-Ra, whose marriage to Mut was celebrated annually, when the sacred procession moved by boat from the temple of Karnak to the temple of Luxor, which was built by the two Pharaohs Amenhotep III and Ramses II placed in the middle of the city overlooking the Nile. The temple axis was bent, in order to build a straight Sphinx-Avenue to the Karnak Temple.
