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Verified fortified temples in Egypt · Mysteria

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Verified fortified temples in Egypt

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex

Medinet Habu (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III)

New Kingdom 20th Dynasty (c.1186–1155 BCE under Ramesses III) · Egyptian New Kingdom

Mortuary temple of Ramesses III (1186–1155 BCE) modeled on Ramesseum, Medinet Habu is best-preserved New Kingdom mortuary complex with complete circuit walls, fortified Migdol gate inspired by…