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| navigate by keyword : landmark monument tower statue memorial blue temple sculpture column sky spire arch art skyscraper steeple architecture monolith 323 roman emperor constantine great recognized christian religion 356 constantius ordered closing pagan temples empire egypt annexed karnak time abandoned churches founded ruins famous reuse festival hall thutmose iii central painted decorations saints coptic inscriptions still obelisk |
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| In 323 AD, Roman emperor Constantine the Great recognized the Christian religion, and in 356 Constantius II ordered the closing of pagan temples throughout the Roman empire, into which Egypt had been annexed in 30 BC. Karnak was by this time mostly abandoned, and Christian churches were founded among the ruins, the most famous example of this is the reuse of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III's central hall, where painted decorations of saints and Coptic inscriptions can still be seen. |
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