Temple+of+Karnak

H**istory**
=== The temple of Karnak is the biggest temple in Egypt. Owning it's monumental size to 1,300 years of construction. It was started by the XII dynasty Seasostris,before that any temple building would have been relatively small and unimportant. By the time in the eleventh dinasty the kings had become rules of all Egypt, Karnak's area was already considered holy ground. Major expansion of the temple took place during the eighteenth dinasty. ===

It has 3 separate centers each surrounded by a wall of bricks, the largest which is in the center and covers the area of 30 hectares
===The temple has 4 main parts, and only one of them is accessible to the general public and tourists. It is also the main part of the temple, as well as the biggest by far. ===

** Important people: **

 * ===__**Sesostris I:**__ The construction of this temple began in the reign of Sesostris I.===
 * ===__** Hatsheput: **__ She was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She Helped to restore the temple, She had monuments constructed and also restored the original Precinct of Mut. ===
 * ===__** Amenhotep IV: **__** He built an temple. In Karnak. **===
 * ===**__Thutmose I:__** He erected an enclosure wall connecting the Fourth and Fifth pylons of the Temple of Karnak. ===

**Thutmose I**

 * Thutmose walls.**