History of Medinet Habu Temple

The Temple of Habu

Dedicate a part of your time to be among a group of wonderful Pharaonic buildings. You will take your tour among Pharaonic antiquities, and the greatest civilization in history. This time your tour will be in the Temple of Habu, located in the city of Habu, which is an ancient city located south of the cemeteries of Thebes on the western bank of the Nile River.

The city of Habu has a large number of Pharaonic monuments, the most important of which is the Temple of Ramses III or the Temple of Habu, which belongs to the Twentieth Family, the city of Habu has a large number of edifices that fascinate the eyes that make you wonder about how these places were built. Join our luxury Egypt tours and learn the history and background of Medinet Habu Temple.

It is known as the temple of millions of years of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt. Spend a beautiful time in the city of Habu in our Egypt tour packages, which was sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The beautiful Temple of Habu is located in the far south of a group of temples that memorize the history of the Pharaohs.

Why did Ramses III build the Temple of Habu?

Take the camera to document the most beautiful archaeological sites in the Temple of Habu and celebrate the Easter through Egypt Easter Holidays as well as enjoy the Christmas holiday in Egypt Christmas tours, which were ordered by Ramses III to be built in a holy place for Religious and funeral rituals to the worship of the god Amun.

When you approach the entrance, you will find two large towers around it. These towers have inscriptions representing the symbol of Ramses the Third and his family, as well as drawings for Ramses III. The upper layers of the two towers were for the royal women. You will walk into the temple, which is very luxurious and has furniture and inscriptions, as well as there is a statue of Amun, which statue decorated wonderfully, there is a wonderful achievement ordered by Ramses III with its valuable inscriptions as well as a scene expressing the victory of the naval forces over the enemies as well as the drawings of the battle that the army carried out against the Libyans. you will see drawings of the king carrying offerings for Amoun in the Habu Temple tour from Luxor day tours.

Habu Temple Architecture Design

You should Dedicate all the time to this wonderful temple. You can stand to watch the wonderful achievements of Ramses III in the Temple of Habu and the huge works that will amaze you by the way of building. The Temple of Habu was not like the other temples in southern Egypt, but this temple preserves most of its walls, which are replete with the most beautiful tales and achievements. Join our Egypt classic tours that include different temples in Luxor and Aswan day tours.

The walls of the temple contain texts and writings explaining the war sites in which the king defeated his enemies, as well as drawings of the king himself during prayer and making offerings for god. If you are interested in Egyptian antiquities, your first goal must be to visit the wonderful Temple of Habu and sail the Nile River with our Egypt Nile Cruise Tours.

After completing your visit to the temple through Nile Cruise Luxor Aswan, you will visit many places in Luxor that were called Tiba, which was the capital of the Egyptian state. This wonderful tourist city witnessed a great civilization that deserves a visit on Nile Cruises from Luxor.

The History of the Construction of the Temple of Habu

Be careful to see all the details of the funerary temple and choose some wonderful walls to be the background of your photos through our Egypt day tours to the temple. This temple was supervised by Amon Mess, who was working as a treasurer in the Temple of Amun and he built it at the beginning of the reign of Ramses III.

It was said that the name of the temple came from the name of a Christian priest who lived in the place where this temple was built. There was a Christian city inside the walls of the temple, and some archaeologists say that the word Habu refers to Amenhotep Hapu who was the minister of Amenhotep III. The Temple of Habu commemorates the kings in the modern state and its area is 320 meters in length and 200 meters in width. It is believed that this temple was built in two stages the first one lasted for the construction of the temple and its derivatives. The second stage began in the second half of the reign of Ramses III, including the outer wall and the large gates, and there were also homes for priests and workers there.

The Temple of Habu is a Pharaonic architectural achievement

When you walk through the temple on our Luxor East Bank tour, you will know that its design is organized and orderly. The temple has an external wall, an internal wall, and a Ramses III Gate. You can find a harbor for ships and a gate which is a unique building that Ramses III built in the style of the Syrian channel, the Syrian castles

The Holy of Holies in the Temple of Habu

There are three special halls in the Temple of Habu, each hall is located after the other, and the last hall has three entrances, including an entrance that leads to the compartment of the Holy of Holies, which was built for the boat of the god Amun, and there is another hall related to the compartment of the god moot.

As for the Holy of Holies, it is specific to the trinity of Thebes. The Holy of the Holies is surrounded by rooms these rooms are for the requirements of the temples that were used in religious rituals and official ceremonies. These rituals that were intended for the king after his death do not leave the chance to be lost by visiting Luxor known for Thebes and enjoy visiting the Temple of Ramses III during Egypt short tour packages which is called the temple Habu, which Immortalizes the memory of one of the greatest kings of Egypt who is King Ramses III, who had great achievements in the ancient era, and he built this temple to show his achievements to those who come after him.

In Luxor, you will be able to sail the Nile River with Nile Cruise Holidays, which divides Luxor into two parts. Watch some pharaonic antiquities. You will enjoy sailing on the Nile River in our Cheap Nile Cruises. Choose a boat through which you can see the banks of the Nile River, which was the sanctity of the ancient Egyptians. Enjoy eating in the Egyptian restaurants located on the banks of the Nile River.