Luxor - Temple of Luxor - Sanctuary of Alexander the Great

Beyond the birth room is a side room with three columns and poorly preserved reliefs, from which an arched doorway inserted at a later date leads into the Sanctuary of Alexander the Great, a room largely rebuilt in the reign of Alexander. The four columns supporting the roof were replaced by a chapel for the sacred barque of Amun, the walls of which were decorated internally and externally with reliefs depicting Alexander in the presence of Amun and his fellow deities, while the walls of the original chamber still show Amenophis III in the presence of the various Theban gods. A door in the north wall of the chamber leads into a small square room with four papyrus cluster columns. The reliefs in this room, in three rows, show Amenophis III in the presence of the Theban deities, in particular Amun. The rooms at the far end of the temple contain no features of particular interest. A gap in the wall of the Sanctuary of Alexander the Great leads into a hall with 12 columns, adjoining which are three chapels. The roof of the central chapel was supported by four papyrus cluster columns. To the left is a relief showing the King being conducted into the sanctuary by Atum and Horus; the other reliefs show him in the presence of Amun. The south chapel, also accessible from outside the temple, was dedicated to the ithyphallic Amun-Kamutef.