However, the appearances of the mysterious boat are becoming more and more rare for more than thirty years no one can boast of truly seeing it. At times it comes to the dock, as well, and then if some brave soul with a heart thrice bound in bronze comes forth to dare the great adventure, he climbs aboard the phantom ship, then, victorious, returns to his home laden with fabulous treasure but everyone knows that if he makes the slightest sound, the merest sigh, the fairy barque, the gold king, and the silver sailors will sink immediately below the waves of the lake, which will engulf the foolhardy one forever. And when the moon shines, the barque sails, leaving behind a long wake of precious stones. "On certain nights, a golden barque emerges from the waters of the lake, as resplendent as in days of yore, and the king who steers it is in pure gold, and his sailors are of silver. Like all the monuments at Karnak, according to Legrain, it to has its legend: However, it was symbolically important in the ancient Egyptian's concept of creation, representing the primeval waters from which life arose.
Water from the lake, filled with groundwater, was used by the priests for ritual ablutions and other temple needs, and was also home to the sacred geese of Amun. We believe that most temple precincts included a sacred lake. It measures some 120 meters (393 feet) by 77 meters (252 feet). It is the largest of its kind, that we know of, and is lined with stone and provided with stairways descending into the water. To the south of the girdle wall of Ramesses II at the Temple of Amun at Karnak in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor) is a rectangular Sacred Lake, dug by Tuthmosis III.
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