Project Overview

The Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project is a collaborative effort involving the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Université de Québec à Montréal. We collaborate with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Centre Franco-égyptien d’études des temples de Karnak (France).  

Our project has three closely related goals:

1. To create a comprehensive scientific record of all the hieroglyphic texts and relief carvings from the Hypostyle Hall.

2. To make these inscriptions widely accessible to scientists and the global public through traditional publications and digital technologies like the internet.

3. To conduct scholarly research and analysis of the Hypostyle Hall to gain a better understanding of the aspects of Egyptian civilization reflected in its inscriptions, including its history, religion, politics, society, and culture.