Karnak - Southern Temple Precinct

From the 10th Pylon an avenue of sphinxes dating from the reign of Horemheb (in which stones from Amenophis IV's temple, formerly built into the 10th Pylon, are now deposited) leads to a gateway built by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, with reliefs and long inscriptions, in the enclosure wall of the Southern Temple Precinct. To the east of the avenue is a Chapel of Osiris-Ptah built by the Ethiopian rulers Tanutamun and Taharqa (25th Dynasty), with well preserved painted mural reliefs. The gateway leads into an unexcavated area in which large figures of rams, sphinxes and a large alabaster stela of Amenophis III (usurped by Ramesses II) lie around.