Karnak Temple Complex Audio Guide
Explore Karnak Temple Complex with Stanza's GPS-triggered offline audio guide.
About the Tour
The Karnak Temple Complex is a vast ancient Egyptian temple city or complex of temples and chapels. Dedicated primarily to the Theban Triad, it is one of the largest religious sites in the world.
What you will hear
Avenue of Sphinxes
A grand processional way lined with ram-headed sphinxes, symbolizing the god Amun-Re protecting the Pharaoh.
Avenue of Sphinxes
This protective corridor of ram-headed sphinxes once stretched for miles, symbolically guarding the sacred path between the great temples of Karnak and Luxor.
First Pylon
The massive, unfinished entrance gate to the temple, built during the 30th Dynasty.
First Pylon
The massive first pylon remains a site of architectural discovery, still holding the ancient mud-brick ramps used by builders to move its enormous stones.
Great Forecourt of Shoshenq I
The largest courtyard in the complex, containing several smaller shrines and the famous Bubastite Portal.
Shoshenq I Court
Spanning over 8,000 square meters, this vast open courtyard served as the grand assembly ground for commoners during the temple's most important festivals.
Temple Barque Chapel of Ramesses III
A complete, small-scale temple built to house the sacred boats during processions.
Temple Barque Chapel of Ramesses III
Lined with pillars carved into the image of the Pharaoh as the god of the afterlife, this chapel served as a solemn resting station for divine processions.
Chapel of Alexander the Great
A sanctuary within the Akh-menu where the Macedonian conqueror is depicted as a Pharaoh making offerings.
Chapel of Alexander the Great in the Akh-Menu
Built within the heart of the complex, this sanctuary demonstrates how Alexander the Great sought to align himself with the ancient god Amun.
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