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For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within its precincts over generations from the Middle Kingdom through the Ptolemaic Period. Some objects adorned living worshippers. Others decorated divine statues or accompanied ritual ceremonies dedicated to the god Amun. Many eventually vanished from sight, buried beneath the sands of Luxor and forgotten for thousands of years. 1903: The Karnak Cachette — 17,000 Bronze Statues Found Beneath the Temple The story of Karnak's hidden treasures dazzled the world with beauty and wealth when the French Egyptologist Georges Legrain uncovered one of the greatest archaeological deposits ever found at the temple