A full explanation of the city of Luxor

Luxor, a historic city located in the center of the governorate of Qena in the far Upper Egypt.

The geographical location of the city of Luxor.

Luxor is located in the north of the city of Esna and In the south of the city of Qus and in the west of the Red Sea Governorate, located in the east of the of Armant.

Luxor is the most famous ancient cities in the world and contains many of the temples and tombs, the most famous temple of Luxor and Karnak temples and the largest places of worship in the world.

Luxor contain possesses one third of the effects of the whole world which is thus the greatest open-air museum in the world .Luxor was part of ancient Thebes and was the seat of power for 1350 consecutive years from 2100 BC to 750 BC.At this time the Egyptians built many of the architectural works of art.Today you can walk between history and among the heads of the gods in the way of rams, between the columns and lotus flowers and papyrus.Luxor is part of ancient Thebes, a city of one hundred door .as he said it of Homer, a great historian.Luxor is characterized by large doors,The city has grown through the ages.Arabs admired the beauty of the city, so they call it Alaqsrozlk Because of the many opulent palaces in the city.Visitor impressed when he visited the city that is characterized by a colonnade large space on the kidney along the Nile in the city life in the east where the sun shines In a city of death in the west where the sun sets in the orbit, where is the end of life rest in peace.

  Temples of Karnak

Found on the eastern bank of the Nile in the City of Life's largest places of war, which was built over the centuries and the West Bank is Memnon statues and tombs and valleys of the kings and queens and many of the temples and tombs of key figures

   Sacred Lake

Was used for purification. The lake is sacred outside the main hall of the Temple of Luxor where there is a large statue of the scarab, and this statue was a gift to King Amenhotep.

 Cemeteries and valleys 

  of the Kings and Queens

 This is the request by the graves of kings and queens of the modern state has ordered these kings and queens to dig their faces on the rocks of the valley, the cemetery consists of several rooms and corridors leading to the burial chambers.

 Mina Cemetery

Is unified the two countries during the era of Tsmosis VI.

 Cemetery Ramuz

Ramuz is one of the state officials in the reign of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten era tomb consists of an explanatory posters explaining the history of Akhenaten and his wife Nefertari.

  Marble statue

Length of 19.20 meters, a remnant of the temple of Amenhotep III and this happened after he suffered a temple of marble cracks Greeks named him the story of the hero, who died in the wars of Troy and was told it was call his mother every morning on behalf of the EROS machine, Dawn was fascinated and sobbed he called her.

 Bahari Temple

This temple built by the Queen Hatshepsut, to represent the secrets of the underworld. Bahari temple is one of the latest effects it is up to the seventh century BC and the Copts used it as a place to celebrate. The temple consists of three aisles separated exotic Street.

 Museum of Ramses

It was built specifically for the King Ramses II and the temple murals represent the Battle of Kadesh.

 Habu Temple City

Built specifically for the king Ramses III is concerned with paintings of religious and military landscape, paintings still retain the elegance of colors.

 Dandara Temple

This Roman temple, this temple is located at a distance of 60 kilo meters north of Luxor، Ptolemy III was first started in the temple and came from several Roman Ptolemaic rulers, the temple contains the famous painting of Queen Cleopatra and Caesar, son of King Julius Caesar, the temple is famous for explaining astrological horoscope.

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