View of hills in the distance along with the path in front of the Karnak temple in Luxor

The area in front of the Karnak temple is pretty large. Tourists can come to the parking and from there need to walk to the actual temple, and it is not a short distance (this is the space that you can see in the current photo). In the distance, you can see some hills (and remember, there are hills near Luxor, what with the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens being actual limestone cliffs).