At Karnak, the great temple of Amun near the Egyptian capital Thebes, Amenhotep II had a chapel erected and inscriptions and stelae engraved.

The city of Thebes Egypt 3000 years ago

Color map of the territory of ancient Egypt, and of the Egyptian empire about 1450 B.C.E. As can be seen in the map, the empire of ancient Egypt went much further than modern Egypt's boundaries. At its height, ancient Egypt controlled a large portion of the eastern Mediterranean region, including ancient Israel (Palestine), and what would later be the Greek islands of Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus.

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut ("Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of 18th Dynasty, located opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. The temple is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian architecture. Its three massive terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Her tomb, KV20, lies inside the same massif capped by El Qurn, a pyramid for her mortuary complex.

Egyptian wall paintings and relief art Amenhotep III Representation at Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor The extent to which the ancient history of Egypt was recorded by their artists is remarkable. Ancient Egyptian art displays a vivid representation of the Egyptian's lifestyle, spiritual rituals and belief systems. The artists weren't concerned with representing the world with any realism or having a sense of depth in their art. The Egyptian art was primarily concerned, above all, with ensuring…

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1800BC-1000BC- Thebes, Egypt, is the largest city in the world.