8. Marble statue:

8. Marble statue:

Length of 19.20 meters, a remnant of the Temple of Amenhotep III. This occurred after the temple suffered from cracks Vsmah Greeks marble. It tells the story of the hero, who died in the wars of Troy and was told it was call his mother gods Eros dawn every morning, and he often sobbed he calls to her.

7. Cemetery Ramuz:

7. Cemetery Ramuz:

Is one of the state officials under the reign of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten, and the cemetery consists of explanatory posters explaining the history of Akhenaten and his wife Nefertari.

6. Mina Cemetery:

6. Mina Cemetery:

Is consolidated the two countries during the era of the sixth Tsmosis

4. By rams

4. By rams

Borders the road that leads to the Temple of Luxor are two rows of sphinxes with heads between the humanity of the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak and Luxor Temple. This has been prepared the way for the celebrations, where the procession was moving, which includes priests and the pious of the participants in the celebration on the banks of the River Nile and across the road, to and from the temple.

The priests carrying wooden boats, which includes Mqasira containing statues of the Trinity, which consists of a good Amon - Ra, death and Khonsu.

The length of the road lined Sphinx statues in front of the Temple of Luxor, about 2.5 kilometers or 1.5 miles. And statues dating back to the era of King Nguetnbu I, who ruled from between 380 and 363 BC. M. Of the family sessions. The solution this way replace other ways back to the era of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the era of Ramses II from the nineteenth and the family, who ruled in the period between 1290 and 1224 BC. M.

So far, searching only for 34 of the Sphinx statue on the west side of the road and 38 statues on the eastern side, the remaining statues and more still buried under the houses of modern Luxor

5. The tombs of the kings and queens Diane:

This is the cemetery that was built by the kings and queens of the modern state, in order to dig their faces on the rocks of the valley. The elements of the graves of several rooms and corridors leading to the burial chambers. And contains the tomb was discovered on 64 sequentially from Touhthomps III, Amenhotep II and Tutankhamun, and Horimbab, and Ramses III, Ramses IV, King City.

3. Sacred lake:

3. Sacred lake:

The lake is sacred outside the main hall of the Temple of Luxor, where there is a large statue of the scarab was the dedication to the statue of King Amenhotep, and was created when the lake is used for water purification.

2. Luxor Temple

2. Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple was built in the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and the nineteenth. He was considered the center of worship for many religions since the era of the Pharaohs until the reign of the Christian and Islamic eras. He built this temple for the worship of Amun-Ra and the death of his wife and their son Khonsu, the gods, also called the title Tibi Trinity (Trinity good).

Among the most important existing buildings temple are those built by the kings Amenhotep III - of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and Ramses II - from the family ninth century and who rebuilt the cabin three that had been built before, in the reign of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmose III of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

The kings in the later periods change some of the inscriptions of the temple wall, for example the scenes of rejoicing, "Opt" covenant of Tutankhamun and Horemheb; as well as scenes of the sacred boat cabin in the era of Alexander the Great.

Unlike the temples designed by the architects of ancient, and that was on the east side of the Nile in the direction of the center-west - east, and west side in the direction of axis of the east - west, the Temple of Luxor was built in the direction of the center of the North - South; and perhaps to be on one line with group of Karnak Temple to the north, and with the Sphinx by or rams which connected between the temples.

Luxor .. City embraces history

Luxor .. City embraces history

Containing the city of Luxor, only a third of the effects of the world, and thus considered the greatest open-air museum in the world are filled with awe and effects suggestive of old civilization.

Luxor was part of the good old rule that has been such for 1350 consecutive years from 2100 BC to 750 BC, which was launched by the great Greek of Homer, "the city with the percent door" because of the buildings with large doors. He was impressed by the Arabs and the beauty of Luxor Vsmoha what they have seen many of the palaces.

This fascinated the visitor when visiting the city, which are terrible Bmayanha space on each shore of the Nile in its bank, whether East or West where there are statues of Memnon, graves and valleys of the kings and queens and many temples and tombs of key figures.

1. Temples of Karnak:

Of the most famous tourist destinations in Egypt as a whole, and there on the east bank of the Nile "City Life", one of the most places that accept Ali had tourists because it is one of the signs of Luxor Deals, where every king of the successive kings, tries to make the temple the most wonderful of the characteristic from his predecessor therefore turned to the temples of Karnak, a complete guide, and a variety show stages of the evolution of ancient Egyptian art and architecture Pharaonic characteristics.

Has built the temples of Karnak, the beginning of the family of the 11 some year 2134 BC., When was a good center for the religion of Egypt, which is surrounded by walls of brick connected to each other through corridors guarded by statues of compact two rows of sphinxes, and has a total area of ​​the temple about 3 kilometers square.