Photo showing restoration of the architrave of the HypoStyle Hall in the Karnak Temple

For a number of Egyptian temples (such as the famous temple at Abu Simbel), their location was unknown for a long time. In the case of the temple at Karnak, the location of the temple has been known to western experts for many centuries, but it is only in the past century that efforts have been made to restore the construction.
In this case, the photo shows the effort to restore the architrave, which is the 70 ton decorated stone at the top of the pillars. There are mysteries about how the architraves were taken to the top of the pillars.
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