Propylon (triumphal arch) and pylons of the Temple of Ramses IV in Thebes, photographed by Maison Bonfils, circa 1867-85. Ramesses IV was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. At the start of his reign, the pharaoh initiated a substantial building campaign including the extensive enlargement of his father's Temple of Khonsu.The Karnak Temple Complex comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut (The Most Selected of Places) and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. The complex is a vast open-air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world. F矇lix Bonfils (March 8, 1831 - 1885) was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East.