Egypt, pyramids, the pharaohs and temple reconstructions. Free screen savers and hieroglyphics - you can write your name in the ancient script.
The New Egyptian reference book, for all ages. With 192 pages and hundreds of illustrations
Temples
Imagining Egypt special signed edition comes with a CD ROM containing four software programs including the Hieroglyphic Print Machine + Videos, music and other stuff.
HomePyramids & TemplesRebuilding Egyptian TemplesKings & QueensHieroglyphsSearch Discovering EgyptSend a Hieroglyphic eCardImagining Egypt ResourcesDiscovering Egypt ShopComputer GamesFree Desktop BackgroundsFree Screen SaversRecommended BooksEgypt Stock PhotosSite MapLinksEmail

The Temple of Luxor The mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj

The mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj


The mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj and the temple

Al-Uqsur, in Arabic or Luxor meaning the Palaces was a small Nile village famous only for the annual festival with which it celebrated the renowned 13th-ccntury Sufi Shaykh Ynsuf Abu al-Hajjaj.

In the early 19th century, however, French archaeologists discovered that the village indeed deserved its name. Beneath the mosque that was built around Shaykh Yusuf's tomb, a vast temple lay buried.

As the temple was excavated the mosque was left intact and is still in use today. Therefore, from ancient times, through the Christian period and into the present this patch of earth has been a place of devout worship.

*Click Here* to return to Luxor page one

mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj		 line.gif (41 bytes)

Click the map above to take a tour of the temple.

1. The great pylon of Ramses II
2. The great court of Ramses II, which includes a shrine to Thutmose   III.
3. The mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj
4. The Pylon and colonnade of Amonhotep III.
5. The court of Amonhotep III
6. Hypostyle hall
7. The chapel of Alexander the Great.
8. Holy of Holies - Sanctuary

This site is an Eyelid Production It has recently come to my notice that some people are taking my images and text, from this site, and then passing it off as their own.
I have no objection to people using the material on this site for Educational, non-profit purposes provided I'm credited with a link back to this site. If you wish to use the materials on this site please eMail me and ask permission. Please remember All Text & artwork is © Mark Millmore 1997 - 2008