Relief, Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Alexander the Great blessed by Amon Min, god of fertility, relief, detail, in the barque hall in the Amon shrine, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The relief was commissioned by Alexander, who appears as a pharaoh and king of Egypt, but it was completed under Philip III of Macedon. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Image Size: 5906x3937 / 15.2MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 1392 BC 14th century BC 18th dynasty Africa African Alexander the Great Amon shrine Amun shrine ancient Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian archaeological archaeology archeological archeology barque hall bas-relief civilisation civilization collar color image colour image day detail Egypt Egyptian exterior fertility Greek Hellenistic heritage hieroglyph hieroglyphic history horizontal inscription ipet resyt king Luxor Luxor Temple New Kingdom North Africa North African outdoors outside pharaoh profile Ptolemaic relief royal ruler sculptural detail site southern sanctuary stepping symbol temple Thebes tourist attraction UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage site uraeus visitor attraction Waset
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Alexander the Great blessed by Amon Min, god of fertility, relief, detail, in the barque hall in the Amon shrine, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The relief was commissioned by Alexander, who appears as a pharaoh and king of Egypt, but it was completed under Philip III of Macedon. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen