In ancient times the Egyptians enjoyed commemorating the important religious or political occasions (both local and national) with special festivals. The processions were a unique type of celebration, as the image of the god on its divine bark used to be moved from a temple to other or from a region to other. The Beautiful Feast of the Valley was one of the most famous feasts in Thebes, and seems to have been already celebrated during the Middle Kingdom and continued to be observed through the Greco-Roman period. The Beautiful Feast of the Wadi procession began at Karnak, with the portable barks of Amun-Re, Mut, and Khonsu leaving the east bank with the other royal barks,