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Luxor is situated in 670 km to the south from Cairo and 70 km to the South from Qina (Qena). It has about 100 thousand inhabitants.
Luxor is located on the right bank of the Nile. Nowadays silent and small town it was referred as Thebes in days of the New Empire and it is considered that it was the capital of Egypt. Numerous architectural monuments of Luxor are entered into the List of the world cultural heritage of UNESCO. Because of the historical value and wide popularity among tourists Luxor is allocated in an independent administrative unit.
Inhabited quarters last along the bank of the Nile.You may have a look on my Luxor-Karnak Temple SLIDE-SHOW on WebShot with 79 pics in original high quality size. Or 42-pics SLIDE-Show Cruise over the Nile Luxor-Aswan
You may also watch my VIDEO-Clips on my personal YouTube channel:
4 min 01 sec Egypt Luxor Cruise Boat 2007
2 min 31 sec Egypt Luxor Downtown and Temple in April, 2007 |
|  | My other Egyptian pages out of the April,2007 Trip:
1) Egypt,
2) Hurghada,
3) Bur Safajah,
4) Qina,
5) Al Karnak,
6) Necropolis of Thebes,
7) Thebes,
8) Luxor,
9) Esna (Isna),
10) Edfu (Idfu),
11) Temple of Horus in Edfu,
12) Kom Ombo,
13) Abu Simbel,
14) Philae,
15) Aswan,
16) Pyramids of Giza,
17) Cairo,
18) Alexandria. |
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toonsarah Fri Feb 20, 2009 21:05 UTC
Thanks for bringing back good memories of our visit to Luxor. Like you I was impressed by Karnak and by being on the Nile itself, though we only took a felucca for an hour, not a cruise | rosegirl Mon Mar 17, 2008 14:00 UTC
I watched the video and it is MORE than wonderful !!! thanks for sharing and making it highlight for travelers who would like to use same boat! thank you again .Rose | volopolo Sun Mar 2, 2008 02:09 UTC
One of the most famous places in Egypt! volopolo | Luchonda Sun Jan 13, 2008 07:31 UTC
I admired the sunrises, not the dancing (haha), i'm a early bird on my journeys. Greetz |
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