The Festival Temple of Tuthmosis (Thutmose) III, Karnak, Egypt

"The Festival Temple of Tuthmosis III stands at the rear of the Amun temple complex. Tuthmosis built this small complex as a kind of memorial to himself and his ancestral cult and called it the 'Most Splendid of Monuments.' The entrance, originally flanked by two statues of the king in festival dress, is at the building's southwest corner, and leads into an antechamber with magazines and other rooms on the right, and on the left the temple's great columned hall." [Wilkinson R., 2000: The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson]. "A village on East bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt; with Luxor, Karnak is on the site of ancient Thebes; location of temple of Amen, considered one of the finest examples of early New Kingdom religious architecture; also has many Middle Kingdom remains." [The J.P.Getty Fund: Thesaurus of Geographic Names]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Institute of Architects, directing the Egyptian portion of the documentary on Ancient Egypt, March 1965 and September 1965.