They are part of the so-called «Ancient Thebes with its necropolis», declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1979.

Karnak. Built and expanded over the years by more than 30 pharaohs, it is the largest temple complex in Egypt. At the entrance to the temple there are 40 ram-headed sphinxes that are part of the Avenue of the Sphinxes that linked this temple with the Luxor temple. The most impressive aspect of the complex is crossing the large patio and entering the great hypostyle hall, 102 meters wide and 53 meters deep. It is difficult not to be overwhelmed by the 134 columns, 23 meters high and whose capitals in the form of open papyrus could fit up to 50 people. At the back of the complex is the Sacred Lake where the sacred geese lived and the priests did their ritual ablutions.

The Luxor temple, 260 meters long, is currently located in the center of the city and very close to the Nile. It was started by Amenhotep III and finished by Ramses II and is dedicated to the triad of Thebes, the gods Amon -Ra, his wife Mut (represented by a vulture) and their son Khonsu. Of the two 25-meter obelisks that were at the entrance, only one remains, since the other was given to France by Pasha Mohamed Ali and taken to the Place de la Concorde in Paris in 1836. On both sides of the entrance there are 15.50-meter-high pink granite statues on a 1-meter pedestal of Ramses II sitting on his throne.