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 * A temple is a palace of worship and holyness.** A temple was the palace of the deity. The diety lived in a cult statue. The statue was hidden inside the shrine. Then they hid the shrine in the sanctuary. The sanctuary was the place of worship, the santuary was the holyness place in the whole temple. The major temples were state controlled. So the goods were collected by the people of the city. The goods given were placed on the shrine. Kings gave slaves and materials to build the temples.Some statues were carried out to the outside of the main door of the temple so the gods could speak to the people.

The temple of Karnak was a very successful. The Karnak temple was a whole city of temples not just one. It was built over 2,000 years ago.The hall of it is so big that St. Peters, Milany, and Notre Dame Cathederals could be lost within the halls. The hall is 54,000 square feet and 134 columns. It is still the largest room of any religious building in the world.Although there is the large temple, there is also the smaller temples around it and a vast sacred lake. The Karnak temple is the home of the god Amun. Amun as an insifnificant local god until the 12th dynasty when Thebes became the capital of Egypt. Amun became a supreme god. Amun was know as Vizier of the poor. Another temple was built in his name. The shrine was destroyed after Amuns death.


 * //Preists worked in the temple.//** Every day they would take the shrine from the sanctuary and then take the statue out and at the end of the day put it all back. The people of the city would go in and worship.

The temple is a palace of worship and is very holy. The shrine was in the sanctuary that held the staute. Which was taken out to be worshipped and put back at the end of the day.

Bibliography

Harris, Geraldine. //Cultural Atlas for Young People Ancient Egypt//. Park Avenue. FactsOnFile. 1990

Millmore, Mark. //Temple of Karnak.// Ancient Egypt-temple of Amun At Karnak. 1997-2011. January 16, 2012.