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Medinet Habu

مدينة هابو · 룩소르주

8 story sections20 min 22 s in all

archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt

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Contents

8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines
  1. 1Medinet Habu2:34

    Welcome to Medinet Habu, without a doubt the most incredibly massive, absolutely spectacular, and utterly best preserved mortuary temple complex located anywhere on the entire Theban West Bank. This colossal, breathtakingly huge…

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  2. 2The Syrian Migdol Gateway2:34

    Approaching the absolute main entrance of this massive temple complex, we are totally confronted by a highly unusual, completely non Egyptian architectural structure. Instead of the totally standard, highly traditional flat…

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  3. 3The First Courtyard and the Palace Window2:33

    Successfully passing completely through the massive Migdol gate, we entirely enter the extremely vast, completely sunlit expanse of the first major courtyard. This massive, extremely open area was the highly vital, completely…

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  4. 4The Second Courtyard and the Festival Colors2:33

    We now completely cross the heavy stone threshold of the second massive pylon and gently step completely into the second, highly enclosed courtyard, entirely surrounded by deeply massive, incredibly heavy stone columns. This…

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  5. 5The Great Hypostyle Hall2:38

    Continuing completely further along the central, highly sacred axis, we slowly enter the heavily ruined, totally breathtaking remains of the great hypostyle hall. Originally, this completely massive, highly intimidating space was…

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  6. 6The Granite Archives and the Sea Peoples2:37

    We absolutely must step completely outside the deeply sacred inner temple perfectly to thoroughly examine the completely exterior, totally massive northern and western walls, which completely officially function as a deeply…

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  7. 7The Royal Palace and the Harem Conspiracy2:39

    Finally, we carefully completely explore the heavily ruined, completely absolute foundations of the actual, highly private royal palace, located totally right directly adjacent to the deeply massive first courtyard. While the…

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  8. 8Medinet Habu2:14

    As our comprehensive exploration of Medinet Habu finally concludes, we take a long, highly thoughtful look totally back at the incredibly massive, completely heavily fortified Syrian gateway proudly standing completely against…

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What is Medinet Habu?

Medinet Habu is a place in 룩소르주 with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.

Key facts
Location룩소르주
TypeHeritage
Story sections8
Total length20 min 22 s in all
Text languageEnglish
Coordinates25.7200, 32.6008
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Nearby places

within a 5-minute walk
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