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Thousands of international tourists arrive in Luxor each year to visit the rich selection of ancient monuments, their presence forming a large part of the economic basis for the modern city. As a result, Luxor represents an excellent base for touring Upper Egypt, and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. |
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DESTINATION LUXORLuxor is known as the world's greatest open air museum, the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor standing within the modern city. Immediately opposite on the Nile River, lie the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank Necropolis, including the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens ... |
COLOSSI OF MEMNONThe Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. The twin statues depict Amenhotep III (14th century BC) in a seated position ... |
DEIR EL-BAHRIDeir el-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile. The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty. During the Eighteenth dynasty, Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut also built extensively at the site. ... |
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KARNAK TEMPLE Karnak Temple is the leading attraction in el-Karnak. The very term Karnak is nearly universally understood as the temple complex and not the village. Karnak Temple is a vast open-air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world, and is probably the second most visited ancient site in Egypt ... |
LUXOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTLuxor International Airport (IATA: LXR, ICAO: HELX) is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt. It is located four miles (6km) east of the city. Many charter airlines use the airport, as it is a popular tourist destination for those visiting the River Nile and the Valley of the Kings ... |
LUXOR MUSEUMLuxor Museum is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor. It stands on the corniche, overlooking the River Nile, in the central part of the city. Inaugurated in 1975, the museum is housed in a small, purpose-built building. Among the most striking items on show are grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamun ... |
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LUXOR TEMPLE Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes). Known in the Egyptian language as the southern harem, the temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut, and Chons ... |
MALKATAMalkata (or Malqata) was an Ancient Egyptian palace complex located on the western bank of the Nile River at Thebes, in Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. It was built by the pharaoh Amenhotep III along with a temple dedicated to his Great Royal Wife, Tiy, and honoring Sobek, the crocodile deity ... |
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RAMESSEUM The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. This was a place of worship dedicated to pharaoh, god on earth, where his memory would have been kept alive after his passing from this world ... |
TOMBS OF THE NOBLESThe Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile. As well as the more famous royal tombs located in the Valley of the Kings and Queens, there are numerous other tombs, more commonly referred to as Tombs of the Nobles, the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the ancient city ... |
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS The Valley of the Kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite modern Luxor ... |
VALLEY OF THE QUEENSThe Valley of the Queens is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning the place of the Children of the Pharaoh, because along with the Queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties many princes and princesses were also buried ... |
VALLEY OF THE WORKERSDeir el-Medina is an ancient Egyptian village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The settlement's ancient name was Set Maat (translated as The Place of Truth), and the workmen who lived there were called Servants in the Place of Truth ... |
WINTER PALACEThe Winter Palace Hotel, a 5-star hotel located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, just south of Luxor Temple, was built in 1886. There are 86 rooms and 6 suites. The grand hotel is featured on the exclusive Palace Hotels of the World ... |
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