Luxor, Egypt
This Nile side city built over the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes is the like the world’s greatest open air Egyptian Museum. Across the river are the Valleys of the Kings and Queens and a vast necropolis.
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- Nile River Journeys
The River Nile is long, with many ways to traverse her wide flat waters. Boats have been sailing the Nile on the puffs of bree… - Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
This ancient city has a claim to fame for its defeat of the invincible Sparta in 371 BC. But Thebes has much more to brag about… - Valley of the Kings
This was the great seat of Egyptian power during the New Kingdom, the 500 years beginning in the 11th Century, and site of all … - The Temple of Karnak
Called Thebes by early European visitors, the most extensive religious complex of the Dynastic Egyptians contained the temples … - The Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut
The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut (1473-1458BC) is 97 feet tall and weighs perhaps 350 tons. Obelisks were carved from single pie… - Temple of Amon
From the 12th Ptolemaic dynasty, the temple of Karnak is the largest and the most complicated architecture in Egypt. The centre… - Temple of Luxor
Built upon the site of a Middle Kingdom sanctuary, the temple of Luxor was constructed by the 18th and 19th Dynasty pharaohs Am… - Tutankhamun's Tomb and the Curse of the Pharaohs
Centuries before the birth of Christ, the Ancient Egyptians built their mysterious pyramids in the Valley of the Kings and, so … - Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon was originally built as Amenhotep III's memorial temple, but the reason it is so popular is because of t… - Pompey's Pillar
Standing tall at 25 meters high with a circumference of 9m, Pompey's pillar is a magnificent structure and an important part of… - The Ramesseum
Archaeologists are unsure whether this is a memorial or a funerary temple, but either way, it is in the name of Ramses II. The… - The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
While in Egypt, everyone wants to see tombs, temples and Cleopatra. The temple of Queen Hatshepsut is one of those characterist…
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Egypt and the Nile
The Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Museums, the Nile, Aswan... the difficulty with travelling around Egypt is what you'll have to miss!
Journey Down the Nile
The Nile river is like a highway between the treasures of the ancient Egyptian world. It's a simple trip that deserves to be on the 'do before you die' list - a Nile cruise is the way the Pharaohs travelled.
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I agree - full of history. We are definitely going to go back at some stage. Brilliant :-)
So much history in a small space...
An amazing place, with so much to see. You could quite happily spend several weeks here and still not see everything.
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Has anybody on here been there in January?
If so how is the weather/temperature? are all of the facilities open and operational?
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In Luxor it's the summer months which are the quietest - then temps regularly to 40ºC. But in January the average temp. is a civilised 21°C.
I visited Luxor in January. It's a good destination for a warm winter long weekend if you live in Europe.