Things to See and Do in Luxor
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- Jul 9, 2007: ... next day we walk the two kilometres out to the Temple of Karnak. Again, it's very impressive, all sorts of columns, statues ...
- Oct 21, 2008: ... fragile we are. To put it in perspective, the great temple of Karnak has a hall with cyclopic columns about 30 m tall, which ...
- Jun 2, 2007: ... to it too...
Our second day in Luxor we headed out to the Temple of Karnak and toured around...it was quite beautiful ...
- Oct 18, 2008: ... Of The Queens, The Temple Of Hatshepsut, The Temple Of Karnak and the Luxor Temple, there was alot to see. There was mass ...
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- Oct 11, 2003: ... a view of Deir al-Bahri (Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut) and Valley of the Kings below. There were absolutely no one ontop of ...
- Mar 19, 2008: ... early morning. We woke at 5am to leave for the Valley of the Kings at 5.45am. As we had showers one after each other, the ...
- Apr 8, 2005: ... days amidst the temples of Karnack and Luxor and down in the Valley of the Kings I have stood awestruck at the indefatigable ...
- Apr 26, 2008: ... Ramses VI's tomb. I biked in the desert heat, west to the Valley of the Kings, to see both of these tombs as well as a few ...
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- Jun 9, 2001: ... tomb in the Theban necropolis and all of Egypt for that matter, the tomb of Queen Nefertari, opened to the public in 1995, ...
- Aug 15, 2002: ... part of the tour price. The guide books speak of the tomb of Queen Nefertari as the crowning glory with its stunning wall ...
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- Dec 16, 2007: ... , decided to take the tour to a pharmacy, (located behind Luxor Temple) where she encouraged everyone to buy Antinal, just in ...
- Oct 11, 2003: ... of about 5 rolls of film. At around dusk I then headed to Luxor Temple in the center on Luxor by the Nile. This place was ...
- Dec 22, 2007: ... it was up to Ramses to finish the building of this temple complex.
The workers village at Deir El Medina was also very ...
- Mar 19, 2008: ... back so we went by mini bus. We also visited the temple of Hatchepsut. There were some colorful pictures but it was so so ...
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- Apr 8, 2005: ... snuck past the sleepy-heads down the hill.
The next tomb of Ramses III was more impressive and ornate but right away I ...
- Sep 25, 2006: ... of Tuthmosis III
· The live sized engravings and paintings in the tomb of Ramses III
· The Temple of Hapshepsut
· The lame " ...
- Feb 8, 2006: ... still contains a heavy granite coffin. Unlike the tomb of Ramses III, which was carefully decorated and carved, Thutmosis ...
- Feb 17, 2006: ... to the Valley of the Kings. We got to go into the tomb of Ramses III and several other tombs as well. The coolest part of ...
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- Dec 22, 2007: ... he would lose his head, (currently residing in the British Museum).
Went for lunch, asked Ahmed if he knew anywhere good, ...
- Apr 8, 2005: ... had some character. Sated I walked over to the mummification museum, which was highly entertaining and I even got to see a ...
- Apr 26, 2008: ... king in the afterlife, and were on display at the Archaeology Museum in Cairo. So when in Cairo, I used my imagination to ...
- Dec 18, 2007: ... at, not to buy) he is also going to take us to Luxor museum on Monday afternoon. Took a little trip to the bank across the ...
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- Dec 22, 2007: ... to Valley of the Queens, Tombs of the Nobles at Gurna, Ramesseum, Deir El Medina workers village, and the temple of Seti 1. ...
- Dec 19, 2007: ... Taking us back up, we get a fine view of the Ramesseum and Hathepshuts temples, upwards over Gurna, peeking into the Valley ...
- Apr 25, 2008: ... reliefs of gods of the underworld and elsewhere.
At the Ramesseum, a few local girls were selling dolls. "Did you make ...
- Feb 8, 2005: ... a source of support and protection. Before the entrance to the Ramesseum's hypostyle hall rests the head of one of the two ...
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- Nov 4, 2005: ... The village also happens to be right next to the Valley of the Artisans, Valley of the Nobels, and the Valley of the Queens. ...
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- Dec 19, 2007: ... and Hathepshuts temples, upwards over Gurna, peeking into the Valley of the Nobles making altitude all the time so we can ...
- Apr 12, 2005: ... that may prevent us remembering anything. We started at the valley of the nobles which for us had the best tomb paintings we ...
- Dec 22, 2005: ... Tomb of Seti I which had finally reopened) and the Valley of the Nobles properly. We visited the latter by mistake, taking a ...
- Mar 5, 2007: ... that has been exposed due to tomb collapsal.
From the valley of the nobles, we traveled to Hatshepsut's temple. This 3 ...
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- Jun 9, 2001: ... III, Queen Tawsert/Sethnakt (best one) and Saptah and the temple of Medinat Habu.
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- Feb 6, 2005: ... the Nobles, followed in the afternoon by a visit to the temple of Medinat Habu.
The village of Qurna or Gurna is located ...
- Jan 6, 2008: ... !
After that, we made our final stop at the Temple of Medinat Habu, which was covered in deeply carved hieroglyphs. They ...
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- Aug 24, 2005: ... wanted to, we could pay extra to go into the tomb of King Tutankhamun, but many a guide book suggests that this is overrated ...
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- Oct 18, 2008: ... Again, lots to see here. The main structure, the Temple Of Amun is the largest religious building ever built. There is a ...
- Jan 26, 2009: ... the Temple of Hatshetsup on the west bank. The Temple of Amun is the largest religious structure ever built. There were 81 ...
- Aug 24, 2005: ... Past 2 more beautiful rooms, we came into the Temple of Amun. Unfortunately, during their rule, the Romans stuccoed over the ...
- Dec 1, 2007: ... ,000 square feet! next we went from the Karnak Temple of Amun-Ra to the Luxor Temple where once a year, Ra would travel down ...
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- Oct 11, 2003: ... early on and after that we headed onwards to the Colossi of Memnon. These were 18-meter high statues that stood on their own ...
- Oct 13, 2007: ... tour...did I mention it was really hot? Valley of the Kings; Colossi of Memnon, Alabaster Factory aka "place to relax with ...
- Dec 18, 2007: ... to Valley of the Kings, Hathepshuts Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
VoK, was packed out, once again everyone arriving ...
- Feb 16, 2006: ... the view. From there it's about 3km and past the Colossi of Memnon (which was covered with scaffolding and looking pretty ...
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- Dec 22, 2007: ... , Ramesseum, Deir El Medina workers village, and the temple of Seti 1.
Medinet Habu and Ramses 3s temple was fairly quiet, a ...
- Feb 16, 2006: ... we went.
After getting lost we eventually found the Temple of Seti - an interesting site rarely visited as it's a ...
- Dec 22, 2005: ... Sights
We didn't have time to visit the Temple of Seti (despite getting overexcited and buying entrace tickets thinking it ...
- Dec 30, 2005: ... and enduring the stares of old men.
Abydos and the Temple of Seti 1 is yet another jewel, dedicated to 7 different gods ...
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- Feb 14, 2006: ...
What remains is reasonably impressive including an avenue of Sphinxes, a giant obelisk at the front gate, some ...
- Jun 19, 2008: ... to the temple doesn't take you directly down the avenue of sphinxes. Travis and I therefore walked all the way to the end ...
- Dec 22, 2005: ... the north (left if your back is to the Nile) lies an avenue of Sphinxes (built by Nektanebo). To the South is a 22.5m high ...
- Apr 22, 2009: ... back to Karnak down the 3 km avenue of sphinxes, still being excavated, that join the temples. Luxor also has a fine modern ...