Mockup of Karnak's huge complex of shrines built over period of 1,300 years

Don walks along row of sphinxes that led to the Nile River

Entrance to Great Hypostyle Hall which lay buried under sand for 1K years

Imposing granite status of Ramses II and daughter below (one of 198 children)

Cavernous hall is supported by 134 gigantic columns

All of the columns are carved with cartouches

Sprawling temple is overwhelming, added to by pharaoh after pharaoh

The 100-acre site has tallest obelisk in Egypt - 100 feet high!

Obelisk was raised by Queen Hatshepsut in honor of Amun, god of fertility

Fawzy explained how an obelisk is carved and raised, using sand and steps

More than 80,000 men worked as laborers, guards, priests, servants

Today, Karnak is one of the most fascinating sites in Egypt

It is said you will have good luck if you walk around this stone 7 times!

Stone with statue of a scarab beetle on top

Top of an obelisk that was not raised during excavation in mid-19th century

Remarkable detail preserved from 11th Dynastry beginnings

Exiting along the dromos lined with crio-sphinxes -  head of  ram, body of lion

Excavators are still digging today!