Madinet Habu

Madinet Habu Madinet Habu observed by many Visitors and Tourists to be one of the most impressive Sites they see in Luxor, even though it is not among the most well travelled Sites on the West Bank. Considered one of the Largest Funerary and fortifies Pharaonic Temples in Modern Pharaonic Civilization, The Temple accommodates 5 Large Statues of King Ramses III, and his wives plus a further 16 Statues , which have been vandalized and only the bases of the Statues remain, and was built to worship the God Amun. Built by the more famous Pharaoh Ramses II, Medina Habu was commissioned by Ramses III, and is a much more splendid sight with the walls intact and more of the original Paintings which is visible on the carved surfaces. The reign of Ramsses III, 1154-1153BC became the last of the Great Pharaohs of Egypt. At the end of his reign Egypt started a long reduction which led to it being controlled by Foreign Powers for the most of its History after the New Kingdom. After the Empire extended to its utmost extremes under Ramesses II, the pressure of invasive threats from many frontiers finally proved too much. Many construction projects were credited to Ramesses III, as the last Pharaoh and the Temples complex was the largest of them all. Throughtout his reign, Medinat Habu worked as a walled City with the Temples and administrative centre inside which protected the people of the area during difficult periods. The complex became a walled Town later for Coptic Christians who were living in the area, The Temple is a very striking sight on first impression as you enter through a Vast stone Gate which seems not right in Egypt. Being a Ptolomaic addition to the Complex which hides the main characteristic of the Complex behind it. With its soaring Pylon with relief carvings still very much well preserved the Temples of Ramesses III, depicts the King overcoming Egypt’s rivals from Libya. The continuation of the Temples from there into various courtyards which havewell preserved reliefs and columns, pf which there are many with the colouring still intact and vivid, then leading into a final Hypostyle Hall.