The mortuary temple of the 18Th Dynasty King Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created.
This king's reign was an artistic high; sadly, little more than a century later, an earthquake partially destroyed it, and a 19Th Dynasty king made his funerary monument out of the older monuments blocks.
On the upside, King Merenptah had the blocks turned around and re-carved for himself; thus, the older carvings were unseen and protected.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/egyptiantemple-200711.html
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