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The Mortuary temple of Merenptah is an archaeological site on the Nile west side of Luxor at the edge of the fruit land. Here is the so-called. Millions of years of King Merenptah. This temple complex served both the death cult of the late king and the worship of the god Amun. Only the foundation walls of this temple have been preserved, so that mainly archaeologists and Egyptologists should be interested in this.
background
getting there
About 5 kilometers from the ferry pier on the west bank, about 500 m west of the Colossi of Memnon, there is a ticket booth where you also have to buy tickets for the mortuary temple of Merenptah.
Tourist Attractions
The archaeological site is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The entrance fee is LE 40, for foreign students LE 20 (as of 11/2019). The museum was closed in 2019.
The mortuary temple
The museum
kitchen
There is a small restaurant in the area of Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna in the vicinity of the Ramesseums, more in Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt and Gazīrat er-Ramla as in Luxor.
accommodation
The closest hotels can be found in the area of Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna. There is also accommodation in Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt and Gazīrat er-Ramla, Ṭōd el-Baʿīrāt, Luxor as Karnak.
trips
A visit to the mortuary temple of Merenptah can be combined with a visit to other mortuary temples and the burial of officials, e.g. in Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna connect.
literature
- Generally
- : Mortuary temple and millennium in Thebes. In:Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department (MDAIK), ISSN0342-1279, Vol.35 (1979), Pp. 301-321.
- : King for Eternity - the Houses of Millions of Years: An Inquiry into the King's Cult and Temple Typology in Egypt. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002, Egypt and Old Testament; 51, ISBN 978-3-447-04521-6 .
- : Millions of years: for the conception of the space of eternity in constellative kingship in language, architecture and theology. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06187-2 .
- Mortuary temple of Merenptah
- Jaritz, Horst (Ed.): Investigations in the mortuary temple of Merenptah in Thebes. Stuttgart, Mainz: Steiner, from Zabern, 1997, Contributions to Egyptian building research and antiquity. So far four volumes.
