Posts Tagged ‘Luxor’

The Valley of the Queens, also known as Biban el-Harim is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning –‘the place of the Children of the Pharaoh’, because along with the Queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties (1550–1070 BCE) [...]

The Egyptian Middle and New Kingdom capital of Thebes, in the modern town of Luxor Egypt, was first occupied during the Old Kingdom. It first grew to prominence in the Middle Kingdom, between 2025-1700 BC as the home city of ruling pharaohs such as Mentuhotep I.
The oldest standing building remains are pieces of the temple [...]

Deir el-Medina is a New Kingdom (18th-20th dynasty) residential village of the workmen who built and decorated Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The town, first laid out under the Pharaoh Tuthmosis I (ca 1504-1492 BC), lay between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, and was used by [...]

Located in the Egyptian city of Luxor. It stands on the corniche, in front of the Mina Palace Hotel, to the north of Luxor Temple, overlooking the River Nile.
The museum is intended to provide visitors with an understanding of the ancient art of mummification. The Ancient Egyptians applied embalming techniques to many species, not only [...]

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 [...]

Travel to Luxor and you will know why it is one of Egypt’s great tourist attractions. It is also commonly known as the world’s [...]