New documentation of the Esna Temple in Luxor, Egypt

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This is part of a massive undertaking to document with all the technology at our disposal the culture of ancient Egypt.

See:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20616.aspx

There's wonderful pictures in the article. Click to enlarge.

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Egyptians pictured on walls of Esna temple.jpg

This is the outside of the temple:
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These are columns inside:
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This is a reconstruction of the complex. It's too big to reproduce:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a6/79/9b/a6799b7fd8934076625dcd1a164d36a9.jpg

Like the Greek and Roman temples, all the paint is gone, but this reproduction of the temple at Karnak gives us some idea what they would have looked like...
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