Travel Photo of the Week: Guardian of Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Photo contest contestant Jarrod Castaing of Sydney, Australia snapped this shot among the ruins of this ancient temple complex

(Perrin Doniger)

By Lois Summers

smithsonian.com
January 4, 2013

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