Luxor Temple

The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) that was built around 1400 BCE. It was known as ipet resyt in Egyptian, which means "the southern sanctuary." It was one of the two main temples on the east bank, the other being Karnak. Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor Temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the pharaoh in death. Instead, Luxor Temple is dedicated to the rebirth of kingship; it is possible that many of Egypt's pharaohs were crowned there, either physically or metaphorically (as in the case of Alexander the Great, who claimed he was crowned at Luxor but may never have traveled south of Memphis, near modern Cairo).