Karnak Open Air Museum

Karnak Open Air Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.

The Red Chapel of Hatshepsut in Open Air Museum
White chapel of Senusret I

The Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex. Preventive archaeological excavations before the renovation of Amenhotep II's calcite shrine were observed in this area (CFEETK), including an urban unit with mudbricks walls of Saito-Persian time.[1]

Notable shrines

A number of shrines[2] have been rebuilt and among these edifices are the

  1. Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut
  2. The White Chapel of Senusret I
  3. The calcite shrine of Amenhotep II
  4. Barque shrine of King Tuthmosis III
  5. Chapel of Amenhotep I
  6. Barque Chapel of Thutmosis IV[2]

References
  1. "Excavations in the Open Air Museum (CFEETK, in French)". CFEETK. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. "Karnak Open Air Museum". Madain Project. Retrieved 4 June 2019.



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