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In this tour Flyover Zone takes you to the magnificent Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt to explore the Red Chapel, the home of the ceremonial boat used to transport the sacred image of the god Amun in the fifteenth century before our era. 


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In this tour Flyover Zone takes you to the magnificent Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt to explore the Red Chapel, the home of the ceremonial boat used to transport the sacred image of the god Amun in the fifteenth century before our era. In 29 stops lasting approximately one hour you will learn about the Red Chapel's materials, decorations, meaning, function, location, and history, as well as the god Amun, his sanctuary at Karnak, and the religious festivals in his honor led by the pharaohs. The stars of the story of the Red Chapel are its builders, the female pharaoh Hatshepsut and her stepson and successor Thutmose III. Your guides are native Egyptian archaeologists.

Audio: English

Subtitles: Arabic, English, Spanish

Producer:
Bernard Frischer

Project Manager:
Hesham Hamed

Tour Guide/Narration:
Alberto Prieto

Script:
Hesham Hamed
Mostafa Mohamed
Ahmed Taher
Wesam Mohamed
Alberto Prieto
Bernard Frischer

Contributors:
Hesham Hamed
Mohamed Abdelaziz
Mostafa Mohamed
Waleed el-Sayed

Captions:
Hesham Hamed (Arabic)
Nancy Peniche May (Spanish)

Image Credits:
3D plan of Karnak complex by O H 237 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Walters Art Museum 54.413; Henry Walters, 1911; CC0 1.0; www.thewalters.org
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 29.3.2; Rogers Fund, 1929; CC0 1.0; www.metmuseum.org

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Flyover Zone Productions

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