Luxor is located 416 miles south of Cairo, one of the biggest tourist destination in Egypt, it is about 416km2 and inhabitants reaches about 360, 503 inhabitants. The weather is rather hot in summer and well into winter.
Luxor, one of the greatest capitals of the ancient world, has often been called the world's largest open air museum, used to be known as "Thebes" capital of Egypt during the period of ancient Egypt . It was the seat of power for about 1350 years. It has been a tourist destination since the beginning of tourism. Even in ancient times, during the late Dynasties of the Greek and Roman periods, the area drew tourists, and always has been.
Today Luxor is well equipped to accommodate tourists and serve people in many countries that descend on this area of the Nile Valley every year.
Monuments and sightseeing attractions in Luxor
Temple of Karnak
This temple is located in the eastern North at the end of Luxor, about 2 km from Luxor train station. The temple of Karnak was built from the early Middle Kingdom around 2040 BC, the Greek - Roman United. Each king during these periods have contributed to the construction of this temple. Karnak Temple has three main areas covered more than 100 sacred acres, that honor three god Amon-Ra, the goddess Mut and Khonsu, were members of the sacred family known as the Theban triad, In the temple of Karnak is the A hypostyle hall impressive 134 columns and each column is soaring carved with scenes of gods and pharaohs, the inscriptions on the walls tell their stories of war and peace.
Luxor Temple
The magnificent temple of Luxor is located downtown on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor.
It was built by Amenhotep III in the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom around 1400 BC, and was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty around 1250 BC. It was dedicated to the great god Amun-Ra, his wife Mut and their son together represent the Theban triad Khonsu. It was the center of the most important festival was celebrated in ancient times. The name of the festival was the Opet festival held in the temple of Karnak Temple in Luxor which were linked by Sphinx Avenue, across the avenue was 1.7 km long, and must have had more than 2000 sphinxes together.
Luxor Museum
It is located in Luxor, parallel to the Corniche, between Luxor and Karnak was built due to storage problems in the Cairo Museum, so the government decided to build new museums at various locations in Egypt .
Luxor win this museum to be the first and today he has a collection of beautiful located in the Luxor area.
It was constructed since President Abdul Nasser presidency and finished in 1975.
The museum is divided into two floors, although the building is small, it contains masterpieces of the Middle Kingdom and New such as pottery, jewelry, furniture, statues and steles chosen from temples Theban necropolis and the kingdom.
There are many statues of King Tuthmosis III, Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), Tut Ankh Amoun and. The most important thing is the mother of Ramses I and Ahmes, who have been exposed since September 2004.
Valley of the Kings
The Secret Valley of the Kings is located on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor. It is located 16 miles from Luxor train station.
It has been used for burial, there are many kings between 1504 -1000 BC, buried in this valley. In addition, the shapes of tombs have been modified style pyramids of rock tombs carved into the mountain. Valley of the Kings actually has two sections, the East Valley and West Valley. Valley East, where most of the tombs of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom can be found, is one of the most visited places by tourists. It consists of 62 tombs, which were prepared initially according to their dates of discovery, but after they were geographically located.
The most famous tombs are King Tuthmosis I, Tuthmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramses VI, Amenhotep II and King Mrenptah. The tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amon is famous because it was the only tomb found intact as it obviously had remained hidden until its discovery in 1922.
Valley of the Queens
It is located in Luxor, west bank of the Nile, a mile southwest of the Valley of the Kings was built to house the tombs of queens, princes and princesses of the XVIII XVIV, and twentieth dynasties. .
Valley of the Queens is also known as al Biban Harim and Ta Set Neferu, which means "seat of beauty". From 1903 to 1906, an Italian expedition discovered about eighty tombs, some of which belonged to the children of royalty. The plan of these tombs usually consist of an antechamber, long, narrow little corridor with several side chambers and at the end of the burial chamber. The most famous of all the tombs of Queen Titi is, most probably the queen of the 20th dynasty.
Colossi of Memnon
They are located at the entrance to the west bank of Luxor, about 14 miles from Luxor train station. They were built by Amenhotep III, known as the Greek period of Memnon.
The mortuary temple was built for the funeral ceremonies over the kings coronation. These two statues representing the king seated on his throne quartz bearing the symbols of Upper and Lower Nile god Hapi. They have not always been what they are today. They once stood before the pylon of a mud-brick mortuary temple. Few of his remains can be seen, but its layout was developed from surveys of the area after the destruction of the Temple, its blocks used for construction of the temple of Karnak.
Hatshepsut Temple
It is located 15 miles from Luxor train station. This monumental complex is located in Al Dier Al Bahari on the west bank of the Nile.
It was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I, who ruled Egypt for about 21 years on 18 dynasty1490-1469 BC).
She was considered the first and only woman to receive the title of Pharaoh, as he was representing a man all the time. With regard to the death here there is no evidence anything if she was murdered or died. It was built as a dedication to God Amun-Ra, who was the father of Hatshepsut in its legend. Hieroglyphic name is Maat-ka-Ra, which has resulted (proof is the Ka of Ra).
The Temple of Hatshepsut was built from the rock itself. It consists of three terraces. There is a ramp leading to the rise of a terrace to another. There are many scenes portrayed with his God Amun-Ra was the chief god of the 18th dynasty.
Valley of the tombs of nobles
Valley of the Nobles is located on the west bank of Luxor, in an area called Sheikh Abd Al-Korna. The site has the rock-cut tombs of the Nobles, and senior officials of ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs once used during the New Kingdom. (1500 - 500 BC).
Among the most important tombs in this cemetery is the tomb numbered 55, which belonged to Ra-Mose. He was the mayor of Thebes, and during the reign of Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) and his son, Akhenaten the vizier.
Dendera Temple
The temple is located in Dendera is located north of Luxor, about 38 miles, the temple of Dendera was built in the 1st century BC and is one of the best preserved temples in all Egypt! Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II built, and later, the Roman Emperors continued to decorate and to honor the goddess Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, love and music. The Greeks identified Hathor as Aphrodite.
Temple of Abydos
It is located in the city of Abydos, about 84 km north of Luxor. The temple was built by King Seti I and completed by his son, King Ramses II around 1225 BC, known as the temple of Seti I.It was built in honor of the God Osiris (God of mummification.
This temple was built mainly of limestone, but part of it was built in sandstone. This temple consists of: 1.Pylon 2.1st Open Court Open Court 3.2nd 4.1st hypostyle hall 5.2nd Hypo style hall 6.7th 7.Hall sanctuaries of Osiris 8.Small Wings Hall of Osiris 9.Southern
