Hut-ka-Ptah (meaning "Enclosure of the ka of Ptah
The Temple of Ptah is a shrine located within the large
Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. It lies to the north of the
main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was erected by
the Pharaoh Thutmose III on the site of an earlier Middle Kingdom temple.
The great temple of Ptah was one of the city’s most
prominent structures. According to an Egyptian document known as the “Memphite
Theology,”
Ptah created humans through the power of his heart and
speech; the concept, having been shaped in the heart of the creator,
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