Karnak is the modern-day name for the ancient site of the Temple of Amun at Thebes, Egypt. The Egyptians called the site Nesut-Towi, "Throne of the Two Lands", Ipet-Iset, "The Finest of Seats" as well as Ipt-Swt, "Selected Spot" also given as Ipetsut, "The Most Select of Places".
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Timeline
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c. 2112 BCE - c. 2063 BCEFirst monument raised at Karnak by Wahankh Intef II.
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c. 1971 BCE - c. 1926 BCEReign of Senusret I in Egypt who begins construction of Temple of Amun at Karnak.
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c. 1971 BCE - c. 204 BCEConstruction and daily use of Temple Complex of Karnak.
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1570 BCE - 1069 BCEKarnak expands during the New Kingdom of Egypt.
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c. 1069 BCE - c. 525 BCEExpansion continues during disunity of the Third Intermediate Period.
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671 BCEAssyrian king Esarhaddon sacks Thebes but leaves Karnak alone.
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666 BCEAssyrian king Ashurbanipal destroys Thebes but spares Karnak.
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525 BCEPersian invasion of Egypt; Karnak again spared destruction.
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c. 404 BCE - c. 398 BCEPersians driven out of Egypt by Amyrtaeus.
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380 BCE - 362 BCEConstruction continues at Karnak under Nectanebo I.
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221 BCE - 204 BCELast work done at Karnak under the reign of Ptolemy IV.
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336 CETemple of Amun at Karnak closed by Roman Emperor Constantius II.
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c. 640 CEArab invasion of Egypt who name the temple complex at Thebes `Karnak'.
