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Tips 1 - 6 of 6 Luxor Things to Do
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These twin statutes of Amenophis III, once adorned his funerary temple. The temple, however was salvaged for stones by Ramses II. The Colossi has been a tourist attraction since Roman times. It was believed in these times that the statutes were of Memmon, a legendary Egyptian prince, said to have fought at Troy hence the name which has stuck with the statutes ever since.
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Directions: West bank, thebes Acropolis
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The Valley of Kings was the secet burial place of Middle and New Kingdom Pharaohs. The sight contains 64 known tombs and undoubtly many more are near by that have not yet been discovered. All the tombs except one (King Tut's) was robbed and contain no grave goods. However most of them include magnificent freizes, many of which preserve the original colors despite 3,000 years of aging. Unfortunately no photography is allowed in the tombs so I can not show you. It is believed that this particular site was chosen for the necropolis due to the natural Pyramidal shape of the adjoining mountain.
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Directions: West Bank
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Deir El-Bahri is the funerary temple of Egypt's only female pharaoh who ruled from 1503 to 1482 BC. In order to legitimize her standing as Pharaoh all representations of her show her as a man. This is one of the most highly restored temples of Egypt and gives you a real good feeling for what it looked like when it was built.
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Directions: West bank
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This site contains the homes and tombs of the workers who carved the temples of the Valley of Kings and Queens. It is also one of the few preserved sites of common people in Egypt.
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Directions: West bank
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Karnak is the most impressive temple in Egypt and should be on everyone's must see list. The temple was continually enlarged by successive pharoahs over 1300 years leading to its current massive size. The temple is dedicated to Amun-Re, the creator god.
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Directions: North side of Luxor
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Second only to Karnak in size, this temple in downtown Luxor is a definite must see site in Egypt. It was begun by Amenophis III in the 1400's BC but owes much of this greatest works to the most famous pharaoh, Ramses II. A 3 KM avenue lined with Sphinxes once extended from this temple to Karnak.
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Address: Luxor
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(1 replies, Monday, Apr 28, 2008, 7:35 PM UTC) Suggestions for Luxor trip??
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MM212 Sun Dec 9, 2007 13:27 UTC
Nice summary of Luxor. Coming up soon for me!! | willy_wonka Thu Nov 29, 2007 03:28 UTC
i hope i can explore egypt one day, looks so fascinating. loved your photo of the temple at night! | BeatChick Tue Oct 2, 2007 02:02 UTC
Fascinatng tips & wonderful photos of Luxor, Jim! Now I really want to go to Egypt. Sigh! | Kuznetsov_Sergey Thu Jun 28, 2007 18:50 UTC
Great introduction to Luxor, Jim! thanks for bringing back memories from this April - three months later your visit. I didn't visit Deir el-Medina, may be next time... |
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