abstract:The Beautiful Feast of Opet (or Opet Festival) was an Ancient Egyptian festival , celebrated annually in Thebes, during the New Kingdom period and later in time. The statues of the gods of the Theban Triad — Amun and Mut — (hidden from sight in a sacred barque) were escorted in a joyous procession from the temple of Amun in Karnak, to the temple of Luxor, a journey of around 2 miles, in order to relive their marriage.