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Medinet Habu

The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III has well preserved Ancient Egyptian art and architecture.

Walk through the remnants of the workers’ mud brick houses at the rear of the site, and then into the grandness of the temples,Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III oversaw the building of the original temple of Amun which was later walled in to the complex by Ramses III.

The entrance to this temple complex is through the singular Syrian Gate, this large building is particular to Madinat Habu and is carved with giant images of the Ramses III defeating the Libyans.