Medinat Habu Temple

Medinat Habu Temple, Western Thebes	Medinat Habu, the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III (20th Dyn 1184-1153 BC)	Most group tours skip this magnificient temple	Medinat Habu Temple
Medinat Habu Temple of Ramses III, Western Thebes	Syrian Gate of the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III	You need to get your tickets before arriving at the site. There is no ticket office here	Ramses III smiting his enemies on the Syrian Gate
Syrian Gate's monumental entrance	Inside the Syrian Gate, or High Gate, ca 1155 BC	Syrian Gate, Medinat Habu	Palm Column (floral order)
Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess	First pylon of Medinat Habu	Forecourt, between the Syrian Gate and First Pylon, Medinat Habu	Tomb Chapels of the Divine Adorers built for the priestesses of Amun
Tomb Chapels of the Divine Adorers	Tomb Chapels of the Divine Adorers, 26th Dynasty	Tomb Chapels of the Divine Adorers	Massive First Pylon, Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Medinat Habu
Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Medinat Habu	Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Medinat Habu	First Pylon, Medinat Habu	Ramses III smiting the Libyans and offering them to the gods
Ramses III smiting the Libyans	First Pylon	Ramses III and the god Amun	First Court, Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Medinat Habu
Colossus in the First Court	Ramses III executing a prisoner before Amun	Scribes counting the hands of the slain enemy, First Court	Amun and Mut
Ramses III protected by Nekhbet, the vulture goddess	Palm Columns in the First Court	First Court, dedicated to warding off chaos	First Court
Debbie in the First Court	Osiride colossus in the First Court	Colossal feet, First Court, Medinat Habu	Gate between the First and Second Courts
Nekhbet, the vulture goddess, above all gateways offering protection	Gate between the First and Second Courts	Second Court, Papyrus columns	Second Court of the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III at Medinat Habu
Second Court, papyrus columns	Second Court devoted to great festivals	Second Court	Second Court
Ramses III and Ra	Ramses III making an offering to Anubis	Ramses III with color perseved	The goddess Maat with the feathers of justice
Papyrus Column, Second Court	Papyrus Columns, Second Court, Medinat Habu Temple	Papyrus Column, Second Court	Gateway from the Second to the Great Hyposyle Hall with the vulture-protector Nekhbet and the cartouches of Ramses III
Ramses III making offerings to the gods	Horus	Offerings to Anubis and Hathor	Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess
Offerings to Hathor and Horus	Little remains of the Great Hypostyle Hall except the massive pillar bases	Great Hypostyle Hall, Medinat Habu	Great Hypostyle Hall, Medinat Habu
Thoth, god of wisdom, scribe of the gods	Walls of the Great Hypostyle Hall	Walls of the Great Hypostyle Hall	Goddess Nekhbet in form of a vulture
Ramses III offering to Amun	Priest leading a bull, Medinat Habu	Gods are depicted with curved beards	LuxorJan06 424.JPG
Ramses III harbesting corn in an offering to Hapy, the Nile god	Hapy, the Nile god	Amun and Maat	Amun and Maat, Medinat Habu
Amun at Maat	Son of Ra	Remains of the Great Hypostyle Hall, Medinat Habu	LuxorJan06 433.JPG
Ramses III	LuxorJan06 438.JPG	Amun offering Papyrus and Lotus symbolizing Upper and Lower Egypt	RoyEgypt 269.jpg