Virtual Egypt: The Biggest Egyptian Temple - Karnak

What did the enormous Temple of Karnak look like 3000 years ago?
In this video we take a tour of the Temple of Amun-Ra in Karnak, the biggest Egyptian Temple that was ever constructed in Ancient Egypt.

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[ManuelBravo]

What's your favorite temple from Ancient Egypt?

[barbaraparker]

Two weeks ago, I was there. I was at Karnak It is so vast, there is so much to take in, I got back home on Feb. 5th and I am still processing everything I saw. Egypt is magic. Breathtaking. And everywhere we went people were warm and kind and welcoming. It was an unforgettable experience. And the culture and civilization of the Ancient Egyptians and all that we saw buildings and art that was more than 4, 000 yrs old. It was incredible.

[BBD-AITB]

This temple was such an incredible sight. I've been to almost a dozen temples in Egypt and the Karnak Temple complex is basically the Disneyworld of Egyptian temples. You could spend an entire day at this one.

[matthewmulder]

I was there in 1982. What is amazing is there is still paint on the ceilings and some walls. The entrance is awesome. The size of the pillars and statues will remain salient memories. I would love to visit it again.

[rocketsjudoka]

As an architect I was very moved by the hypostyle hall of Karnak. The sense of space there is more impressive than the even the Great Pyramid.

[sunnythegreat]

Out of all the civilizations that have ever existed, the Egyptians fascinate me the most, there is just something about this desert civilization on the banks of the Nile river, with so many great temples, and architecture, and infrastructure, that we can't explain even to this day how they managed to make all of that.

[Tbpker]

Thanks, Manuel, for this most informative video. Karnak is immense and incredible. You forgot to mention that Karnak covers 87 acres, so it is really large!

[SpanishEclectic]

Really interesting and wonderful photography. The models and drawings help so much in understanding what the temple complexes would have looked like during ancient times. The bits of remaining paint are intriguing. There was a Scottish landscape painter named David Roberts, who traveled Egypt and the Holy Land during the early 1800s. It's interesting to see how certain temples retained more color at that time, and even the Sphinx in his drawings shows less erosion/damage. You provide a great service, Manuel, by sharing this wonderful information about great architecture around the world.

[brandistraveladventures]

I just saw this last month. You can't understand how big it is until you see it in person.

[bholmes]

Manuel, your videos should be used in history classes in school. Such detail and good narration. You'd be a great teacher to have. Oh, in fact you are! Thank you.

[jivory]

I love the 3d mockups and recreations, thank you for preserving the history and relaying the message. Keep up the good work!

[Lv-nqqz]

Very interesting. The Romans used clerestory windows too, specifically in their bath complexes. You have to wonder if they started with the small enclosed temples and then built the bigger more open halls connected to them as time went by and their cult became more popular. You see this all the time with modern churches, they start small and build up as their congregation grows.

[d.o.l]

Lived in Luxor, west bank...missing it. So many temples, Habu is my favourite.
❤ from Casamance

[mjc]

What a breathtaking sight ancient Egypt had to be, the huge buildings, monuments, statues, obelisk, colorful and beautiful artwork, even though the digital rendition is great, I'm sure to have seen it then was astonishing.

[Kariakas]

So well edited, informative and to the point. The footage is always top notch.

[TheScreamingFrog]

It always amazes me that a civilization that could rise out of the desert, produce such works, and exist for thousands of years, could then sink back into the desert, leaving only these incredible artifacts.
Thanks so much for this. This is one of the best introductions to the subject, I have seen.
Loved the pictures and graphics that went with the description.
Happy Trails....

[mosseyw]

It’s an amazing experience I will never forget, I feel lucky to have been there.

[johnprasad]

I managed to find your English commentary .Tanx.The organization of the temple of Amun Ra is very similar to the living temples of South India.The Deity is housed in a similar dark chamber called the Garbagriha ( Womb Chamber), temple ponds, processional corridors and numerous small shrines abound. The great Temples of Chidambaram, Tanjore and the Meenakshi in Madurai come to mind.
perhaps you would like to visit them someday.

[MJ-ogtm]

Amo l'Egitto 🇪🇬 dall'Italia 🇮🇹 siamo uno di fronte all'altro nel Mediterraneo e questa è una cosa meravigliosa🇪🇬🇮🇹❤

[victorchavez]

What we need is these fully recreated 3d spaces imported into Augmented Reality glasses so you can go to these sites and view them as if you were really there.