An early breakfast overlooking the pool and then on to the Karnak Temple before it gets too hot.  Karnak is a temple complex that was started around 3000 BC and added on to by various pharaohs.  It was primarily dedicated to the god Amon who was their main (sun) god.  The Karnak and Luxor temples were connected by a road about 2 km long flanked on each side by sphinx statues (1200 total).  Only 62 of these remain, some of whom joined Jerry in the above photo.  Each year during the flood festival, a statue of Amon was moved from Harnak to Luxor for a 10 day honeymoon with a new bride.   The scale of the temples is awesome.  The walls at Karnak are 40 feet tall and originally had large gold covered doors that opened into the first courtyard.   They originally had four obelisks but the Romans took one in 50 BC, earthquakes got the other two.  Then on past the large columns to an interior courtyard they say had a gold covered floor.  The Temple of Luxor was Amon’s harem.  Here one pharaoh built a side temple to show how Amon married his mother so he was the son of god and had the right to be a pharaoh.  The politicians were doing revisionist history even back in 1300 BC.  After exploring both temples we went back to our hotel for lunch, a nap and to pack for our late night transfer to Alexandria.  The Sonestra hotel is very pretty but no Internet so we are a couple of days late in updating the blog.