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The best things to do in Luxor
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…
