Karnak
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Karnak is the name currently given to the northern half of the ruins of ancient Thebes, Egypt. During antiquity, the area housed a large temple complex dedicated to Amun.
Nitokris and her daughter, Isidora, served as the High Priestess and the God's Wife of Amun in the late 1st century BCE.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Antiquity[edit | edit source]
In 70 BCE, Bayek of Siwa visited Karnak's temple with Aya and Tuta, a street urchin he met in Zawty. There, Bayek consulted Nitokris for the whereabouts of his father, Sabu, but was instead directed to his friend, Kensa, who was also in the city.[2]
Years later, Nitokris' daughter, Isidora, succeeded her in her position as the God's Wife of Amun after Nitokris' death. In 34 BCE, Bayek, now the Mentor of the Hidden Ones, visited the temple complex to seek the aid of Isidora regarding the "curse" affecting Thebes, having been directed to her by Merti. Isidora instructed Bayek to investigate a village outside the city, which still worshipped Akhenaten and Aten.[3]
In 357 CE, the Roman Emperor Constantius II had one of Karnak's obelisks transported along the river Nile to Alexandria in celebration of his 20th year as sovereign.[4]
Islamic period[edit | edit source]
In 1340, the Egyptian Templars fled to the now-decaying Karnak after stealing the Scepter of Aset from the reigning Sultan of Egypt, Al-Nasir Muhammad.[5] The next year, the Egyptian Assassin Numa Al'Khamsin and his apprentice Ali Al-Ghraib encountered the Templars at the temple complex, and recovered the Scepter of Aset.[6]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Karnak in 1341 -
A relief of Alexander the Great in Karnak -
A photo of the Euregetes gate at the Temple of Khonsou
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (first mentioned) (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath
- Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
- Echoes of History – Origins (mentioned only)
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