Luxor

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Luxor place of pharaohs

Luxor Temple

Luxor is a city full of magic and mystery, ready and waiting for you to explore .If you stay there for a while , you will be transported through time, from the days of the ancient pharaohs until today. As you walk through the streets of Luxor, history is tangible; you can almost smell it in the air.

Luxor has often been called the worlds greatest open air museum, as indeed it is and much more. The number and preservation of the monuments in the Luxor area are unparalleled anywhere else in the world that know of. Actually, what most people think of as Luxor is really three different areas, consisting of the City of Luxor on the East side of the Nile, the town of Karnak just north of Luxor and Thebes, which the ancient Egyptians called Waset, which is on the west side of the Nile across from Luxor.

The Valley of the Kingsis 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 Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs situated) and West Valley.

With the 2005 discovery of a new chamber (KV63), and the 2008 discovery of 2 further tomb entrances,the valley is known to contain 63 tombs and chambers (ranging in size from a simple pit to a complex tomb with over 120 chambers),

The 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 (1550–1070 BCE) many princes and princesses were also buried with various members of the nobility. The tombs of these individuals were maintained by mortuary priests who performed daily rituals and provided offerings and prayers for the deceased nobility.

Sights of modern-day Luxor :
**East Bank
1.Luxor Temple
2.Luxor International Airport
3.Karnak Temple
4.Luxor Museum
5.Mummification Museum
6.Winter Palace Hotel

**West Bank
1.Valley of the Kings
2.Valley of the Queens
3.Medinet Habu (memorial temple of Ramesses III)
4.The Ramesseum (memorial temple of Ramesses II)
5.Deir el-Medina (workers' village)
6.Tombs of the Nobles
7.Deir el-Bahri (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, etc.)
8.Malkata (palace of Amenophis III)
9.Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III)

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Luxor is served by Luxor International Airport.

a bridge was opened in 1998, a few kilometres upstream of the main town of Luxor, allowing ready land access from the East Bank to the West Bank.

Traditionally, however, river crossings have been the domain of several ferry services. The so-called 'local ferry' (also known as the 'National Ferry') continues to operate from a landing opposite the Temple of Luxor.

The city of Luxor on the East Bank has several bus routes used mainly by locals. Tourists often rely on horse carriages, called "calèches," for transport or tours around the city.

For domestic travel along the route of the Nile, a rail service operates several times a day. A morning train and sleeping train can be taken from the station situated around 400 metres (440 yd) from Luxor Temple




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