After that, we toured the Temple of Luxor. Funny how just behind it is a McDonalds restaurant. Guess you can’t stop progress. Luxor Temple was also dedicated to the same 3 gods as Karnak. There was a stone road in the olden days connecting both places (about +2 Kilometers). Both places were used when the priests took over and ruled Egypt for 100 years. Luxor temple has many statues with likenesses of Ramses II. At one time, it had been used by the Christians for a church with part of the walls torn down. Upon close inspection, you can see one block that has been replaced and rebuilt but they put it in upside down. It is a disconnected foot that attaches to nothing. We also saw paintings of Jesus on the wall at Luxor and Karnak temples. The Luxor temple had been buried by sand for many years. During that time, a Mosque was built on top of the temple wall. The mosque is still used today but the back door cannot be opened as it now has a two story drop.