Roman vestibule, Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Niche, apse and plaster decoration added in Roman times as part of an imperial cult temple, in the Vestibule, c. 301 AD, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The niche has 2 columns with acanthus leaf capitals, and originally housed a statue of the deified emperor Diocletian, who used Luxor temple as a garrison from 301 AD. The walls were painted with the 2 Augusti (Diocletian and Maximian) and the 2 Caesars. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13724401

Media ID

45396836

Size

7087px x 4579px (8.0MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009