Sphinx Avenue| Opet Festival| Luxor 2021

The Feast of Opet, or as it was called by the ancient Egyptians: “Hob-Nefer-en-Apet”, meaning “Beautiful Opet”, is one of the celebrations of the ancient city of Thebes. He continues: “The main hero of this celebration was the god Amun, and the celebration symbolizes the restoration of the memory of the sacred marriage between the god (Amun) and the goddess (Amunet), which represents the female image of the god Amun. The Opet Festival was celebrated, after the end of the harvest season, equivalent to the period from September to November, according to the current calendar.” , and continued to celebrate it until the end of ancient Egyptian times. And for this particular celebration, King Nectanebo I, founder of the last Egyptian ruling dynasty, erected the Sphinx statues in the way of the great processions, which were used to pass the ceremonial processions between the temples of Luxor and Karnak, which is currently known as the “Road of Rams”. Evidence is available that the observance of the Opet Fe