LUXOR

Luxor, the beautiful city in Southern Egypt, is home to Egypt’s greatest hidden gem: the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Known as the world’s greatest open-air museum

LUXOR

Luxor, the beautiful city in Southern Egypt, is home to Egypt’s greatest hidden gem: the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Known as the world’s greatest open-air museum

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Luxor, city and capital of Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt. Luxor has given its name to the southern half of the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Area governorate, 1,080 square miles (2,800 square km); city, 160 square miles (415 square km). Pop. (2017) governorate, 1,250,209; (2018 est.) city, 127,994.

The southern part of Thebes grew up around a beautiful temple dedicated to Amon, king of the gods, his consort Mut, and their son Khons. Commissioned by King Amenhotep III (Amenophis III; reigned 1390–53 BCE) of the late 18th dynasty, the temple was built close to the Nile River and parallel with the bank and is known today as the Temple of Luxor. An avenue of sphinxes connected it to the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak. The modern name Luxor (Arabic: Al-Uqṣur) means “The Palaces” or perhaps “The Forts,” from the Roman castra.

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