Mut

The Temple complex of Amun-Re was built facing east and west, to go along with the way the sun rose and set. To the south of this complex there is an area dedicated to the Godess Mut. Mut is the Mother Godess in Egypt because Mut translates to Mother in the ancient language. However, like all Gods and Godesses in Egypt, she evolved from Mut. As different Gods got absorbed into other Gods and other ones grew to prominience, the same can be said for the Godesses. After becoming Amun's wife, Amun and Ra unified creating Amen-Ra. As Amen-Ra became the most imporant God in Egypt, Mut's importantance too grew. She was absorbed by multiple Godesses and by the end became Isis, the most important Godess in all of Egypt. Isis is the mother of the Ennead. The Ennead are believed to be the first decendents of Amun-Ra after he rose from the abyss.

Not much is known about her temple complex. It has been badly damaged and vandalized. Recent excavations did discover six hundred granite statues in the courtyard of her complex. Besides these things, there is a sacred lake in a cresent shape. The only other things they have been able to discover about the area is a Porch of Drunkenness. This was built and used by Hatshepsut to symbolize the change of the Godess Sehkmet from a lioness warrior in a time of war to a peaceful godess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precinct_of_Mut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak#Precinct_of_Mut

Heb-Sed Temple

At the southern end of the Temple Complex stands the Heb-Sed Temple. This temple was used by Amunhotep 2 to celebrate his Heb-sed. A Heb-sed was a festival used to celebrate the renewal of a King. The first know festival took place in the 4th Dynasty of Egypt. It was a festival to show the renewal of the king and celebrate his 30 years of rule. As they continued to occur some of the kings began using them to transform themselves from a king to a living god.
The Heb- Sed Temple at Karnak is not a very large one, but still did the job. By Amunhotep's reign the use of the heb-sed had completely changed. He was in his second or third year of his reign, not his thirtieth like Doser. The overall concept was still the same. It solidified the rule of a king.
The temple at Karnak was nothing special. It does not compare to large and still mainly intact ones like the one at Saqqara, but it was an addition built onto the temple complex. Almost every king from its beginning until Alexander the Great added on to Karnak, so Amunhotep did his part  by building the temple.
I think that the heb-sed was a great idea that began getting over used. When it was actually used to celebrate a milestone in a rule and not just used as a celebration because a king wanted to celebrate, then it held real meaning. The things that kings did to demonstrate their rule and power was also very interesting. My favorite thing would be that they used to run around two small structures, one in the north and one in the south, to symbolize their rule over both upper and lower Egypt.


King Doser demonstrating his rule over the north and south at a heb-sed.


Work Cited: http://www.philae.nu/akhet/HebSed.html