Inauguration of the Rams (Al-Kebash) Road, the Avenue of the Sphinxes

The road links the Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple and the Temple of Mut along the distance of 2700 meters. It is believed that the road dates back to 3400 years.

The renovated road consists of a sandstone pavement. Sphinx-shaped statues, with the heads taking the form of rams, are flanked on both sides of the road, in the distance between the tenth edifice at Karnak Temple until the gate of the Temple of Mut.

Thus far, a total of 1057 statues have been unveiled along the road.

The statues are divided into the following:

-807 sphinx-shaped statues, with a human-shaped head,
-250 statues, with a ram-shaped head, from the Karnak side are aligned on two sides (120-130).

In the ancient Egyptian civilization, the head of the ram was considered a sacred symbol of Amun, the god of sun and wind, who was worshiped in the city of Luxor. Only one-third of the statues have been discovered.

The portion of the statues built with a ram's head was erected during the Eighteenth Dynasty. King Nectanebo I of the Thirtieth Dynasty built the remaining part of the road, adorning either side with statues in the form of a Sphinx, atop interspersed circular flower basins with small channels used to deliver irrigation water to the basins. Some accessories were then added to the road throughout different eras, such as: docks for boats; a Nilometer; wine presses used for major celebrations that were held on the road, such as the Opet Festival and the Beautiful Valley Festival etc.; room for storing wine decanters; bathrooms and washing basins; and a pottery manufacturing area.