Luxor Temple - Part of the temple was converted into a church by the Romans in the 3rd or 4th century AD. It's pharaonic stone carvings were plastered over and covered with Christian paintings. This photo shows a section of the paintings and the underlying carvings.

Luxor Temple - The Avenue of Sphinxes which once stretched about 2km from Luxor Temple to Karnack Temple. About 100m of the avenue is currently exposed, the remainder lies buried under buildings.

Luxor Temple - One of the sphinxes making up the Avenue of Sphinxes.