Before sinking, some Atlanteans, including an ancestor of the narrator, fled to Egypt during Osiris’ reign, building Karnak—a grand city of pillars and arches. Now in ruins, Karnak reflects a lost age of greatness under the stars
Summary of the excerpt about Karnak from Selestor's Men of Atlantis:
The passage presents a mystical, poetic account claiming that the knowledge to build Karnak originated in Atlantis.
It was this Atlantean expertise that enabled the building of Karnak.
Karnak is described as a place of unmatched grandeur: its pillared arches seem to touch the sky, born from a mind that drew sublime thoughts “from atom’s realm” into solid, beautiful form.
In its time, however, Karnak stood like a warrior-shield, fiercely guarding the immense treasures (specifically “emeralds”) within its temples from greedy invaders.
In short, the book frames Karnak not as a purely Egyptian achievement, but as a surviving monument of Atlantean engineering and spiritual greatness, now hauntingly ruined yet still evocative of that vanished glory.
The vast remains of cities and temples in Mexico and Yucatan also strangely resemble those of Egypt, the ruins of Teotihuacan having frequently been compared to those of Karnak.
Archaeological understanding of the Karnak Temple Complex (as of 2026) is exceptionally detailed, thanks to over 150 years of systematic excavations, restorations, and recent geoarchaeological work.
Karnak is the largest religious complex ever built in the ancient world.
Karnak was far more than a temple, it was the “Estate of Amun,” a powerful institution controlling vast land, resources, and labor.
January 2026: Egyptian-Chinese mission discovered a previously unknown monumental sacred lake in the Montu Temple precinct (north Karnak), creating a unique north-south pair of lakes within the enclosure walls.
Ongoing French-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak (CFEETK) restorations (e.g., 2022–2025 work on Ramesses III’s gate revealed the Tiberius stele).
In summary, modern archaeology portrays Karnak not as a single “temple” but as a dynamic, evolving sacred landscape shaped by the Nile, royal patronage, and religious cosmology over millennia.
Before sinking, some Atlanteans, including an ancestor of the narrator, fled to Egypt during Osiris’ reign, building Karnak—a grand city of pillars and arches.
Now in ruins, Karnak reflects a lost age of greatness under the stars
Karnak (Atlantean survivors)
In temples such as the Sekhmet Chapel at Karnak, visitors reportedly experienced intense sensory and metaphysical phenomena.
Repeated encounters with Sekhmet statues, particularly in Luxor and Karnak, were described as highly significant.
Scenes at Abydos and Karnak depict rituals involving Sekhmet and Ptah initiating Seti I into ascension mysteries.
Karnak (Atlantean survivors)
One of the largest temple complexes at Karnak is dedicated to Amon-Re.
And thus was Karnak builded.
Karnak grand, whose pillar’d arches touched the vault of blue in man's imagination.
Yea, Karnak hath a measure all its own.
Old Karnak stood as warrior-shield on heart-defying hordes that looked with greedy eye, well knowing that within those temples vast lay treasures—"emeralds."
The vast remains of cities and temples in Mexico and Yucatan also strangely resemble those of Egypt, the ruins of Teotihuacan having frequently been compared to those of Karnak.
When it receded the third "Divine Dynasty"—that mentioned by Manetho—began its rule, and it was under the early kings of this dynasty that the great Temple of Karnak and many of the more ancient buildings still standing in Egypt were constructed.
Associated with sacred lakes or underground streams, particularly in Abydos, Karnak, and Dendara.
Karnak and El Uqsor: Sites with significant ruins, illustrating the grandeur of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Live reception also carries a short Atlantean-survivor bridge to Karnak.
Before the sinking, some Atlanteans, including an ancestor of the narrator, fled to Egypt during Osiris’ reign, building Karnak, a grand city of pillars and arches.
Now in ruins, Karnak reflects a lost age of greatness under the stars Selestor.
Neighbor page: Karnak.
Soft Karnak is Atlantean-survivor architecture reception on Karnak.
I soft-link Thoth, Emerald Tablet, Karnak, 12 Kings of Atlantis, and Altai Flood.
Karnak: Osiris / Atlantean-builder / Karnak bridge.