Luxor

Luxor city has been always been a witness to the grandness of the ancient Egyptian seven thousand years of civilization. Luxor is an open museum where you can watch ancient history and recent history.
- Luxor city is included in south Upper Egypt region, is located in the north between 25 and 36 longitudes and in the East between 32 and 33 latitudes.
- It is far from:
• South Cairo by 670 km.
• North Aswan city by220 km.
• South East Hurghada by 280 km.
- The Luxor city is divided into two halves: East mainland and West mainland separated by the river Nile. The East mainland was called the city of the livings in the old ages where you can find the religious temples, royal palaces and the ordinary houses of the public, while the West mainland was also called the city of the dead where you can find the tombs and the funereal temples.
Luxor City’s National Day:
- On the 4th of November in each year Luxor celebrates it national day. This date is coincident with the memorial of exploring the tomb of the king Tout Ankh Amoon, one of the kings in the 18th pharos family, which ruled Egypt (1347 BC– 1336 BC). The tomb was discovered by the British archeologist Hawerd Carter.
The managerial headquarters and the area of the Luxor City:
- There are five districts in Luxor which are: El-Awamiya, the ancient Karnack, the new Karnack, El-Amirya Buliding and El-Karnna.
- The total area of Luxor is 416 km2 including the desert hinterland.
- The inhabitant area is about 208 km2 which is about 50 % of the total area of Luxor.
- The population is 376022.
The West Mainland:
1. Valley of the Kings: It is a wide open area between the Karnna Mountains. It had been chosen by Thebes’s kings to put their tomb and mummies.
2. Valley of the Queens: The most famous royal tombs there is the Queen Nevertary tomb, she was King Ramsis the second wife.
3. El-Baharry Monastery: It is the funereal temple of the great and most famous Queen in Egypt Queen Hatshibsute (1490 BC – 1469 BC). She was crowned to the throne after her brother and husband Tohotmos the second” death. The temple is unique in its architectural design, it was designed by Sinmout whom she loved and promoted his rank from the public to the elite rank in the royal palace.
4. Ramsiyoum temple: It was established by King Ramsis the second, one of the 19th family’s kings. Many events are recorded on the temple’s walls such as Kadish war and many different religious scenes showing the relation between the king and the Gods.
5. Habu City Temple: It was established by king Ramsis the third, one of the 20th family’s kings. On the temple’s walls recorded scenes of the Mediterranean wars, religious scenes, sports games, hunting trips…etc.
6. The Two Statues of Memnoun: These statues are the only remaining from the funereal temple of the pharaoh Amenhotob the third. Each one of them is 19.20 meters high they were built to be the entree of the temple which was collapsed leaving behind these two statues to be the only witnesses to the beauty of the temple and the greatness of his establisher.
7. Nobles Tombs: These tombs are considered rich historical records for the ancient Egyptian lives and important reference to the social studies and administrative system in the newly age. The most famous and beautiful tomb is the Mena (or Nekhite) tomb.
8. Tombs of the City Monastery: These tombs are different from the nobles’ tomb whereas they only concentrated on the burying stones only which had a strong religious reference, but above this it is famous by the nice colors and the beautiful scenes. The most famous tombs are Cin – Negm tomb and Bashdu tomb.
9. The workers’ city: it is the city that was inhabited by the artists and carvers who established all the tombs and temples during the 19th and 20th families.
The East Mainland:
- Luxor Museum.
- Luxor cultural palace.
- International conference room.
- International medical center.
- Luxor international airport.
- Luxor Bridge.
- Nile Media center.
- Courts complex.
- Embalmment Museum.