| Page Views: 1,199 Last Visit to Luxor: November, 2004 | Habibi! by Rachelynn - last update: Dec 2, 2004 |
Ancient Thebes!! Finally we landed in Luxor at around 3pm plus in the afternoon. Phew, the airport was very very overwhelming and crowded.
Luxor lies 675 km south of Cairo and it has a population of 100,000 and there are more than 2000 tourists flying in a day to visit the magnificent monuments.
Thus you would be greeted by a lot of cruise ships that are docking along the Luxor River Banks...it's quite a pretty view. |
| Statues of Queen Hatshepsut with a false beard |
|  | On the east bank, you would find the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak. The famous Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens are located are the west bank. One can imagine the splendour of this ancient city which was unrivalled in the history of Egypt for 4 centuries.
The photo by the side was taken at Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, whose records were erased by her sucessor and It's carved out of the mountains and it was built in terraces. |
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JetlagCity Wed Dec 22, 2004 00:38 UTC
Wow, I hadn't heard of anything like those river merchants before - great tips! Cruising down the Nile & seeing Egypt is one of my biggest travel dreams! | ATXtraveler Mon Dec 20, 2004 04:16 UTC
Looks like you had as great a time as we did on this trip! | aussiedoug Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:36 UTC
A gr8 variety of tips here & all of them so helpful. Many thanks as if I ever get to Egypt I'll use these tips. | ElaineCatherine Tue Dec 14, 2004 14:27 UTC
Thanks for the welcome.. - wow you've been to some really cool places! |
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