Sample of the blocks from which the Karnak temple is made

In this photo, I was trying to take a close up of the blocks from which the Karnak temple is constructed. They seem like extra size concrete bricks; in some of these blocks, I was able to see the names of people on these blocks. However, it was not clear whether these were the handiwork of the workers who had made the place, or whether this was vandalism.
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