Luxor
Luxor has a unique character sets it apart from all parts of the world .. It combines past and present in the same time .. Not without its place in the city of Luxor, the impact of the speakers the greatness of the ancient Egyptians thousands of years BC.
There were several names that were fired at the Luxor in its history, and most famous city cent door, and the city of the sun, and the City of Light, and the city of Mace, and called the Arabs this name: Luxor, collection Palace, with the beginning of the Islamic conquest of Egypt. It is considered the most important tourist Mashta in Egypt and the focus of attraction for lovers of ancient Egyptian civilization. The town has its unique character that distinguishes it from all parts of the world, where one of the most important tourist attractions in Egypt, and has more amount of ancient monuments, which are not free place where the impact of the speakers the greatness of the ancient Egyptians thousands of years BC.
Luxor includes a lot of effects, most notably the Temple of Luxor and Karnak Temples and the Museum of the city and the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, Queens and the funerary temples, tombs and supervision and other consequences of the Eternal. The Luxor has seen great interest in repairing effects and museums over the past years, with the opening of the third floor of the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the first time after its restoration, as being the completion of the restoration of a cemetery Horemheb largest and most important tombs of the Valley of the Kings, in addition to the installation of electronic gates to all archaeological sites open to secure it against theft.
Luxor and attract the largest segment of cultural tourism inflows to Egypt, Luxor is the store's ancient civilization, which more than «800» and the shrine of the most fascinating archaeological and Egypt heirs of human heritage. Luxor has been (good), the capital of Egypt until the beginning of the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh, when the capital moved to Memphis in the north.
First: East West raised:
Luxor Temple:
Built this temple to the god Amun-Re, who was celebrating his wedding to his wife - the death - once a year flies procession of God from the Temple of Karnak, the path of the Nile to Luxor Temple and back building of the temple to Alfronin Amenhotep III and Ramses II begins with the entrance of the temple edifice built by Ramses II and has statues massive protruding they represented sitting. The temple is preceded by one obelisks still stand, and other adorn the Place de la Concorde in Paris, following this edifice Mahot Ramses II courtyard on three sides by two rows of columns in the form of subsidized package papyrus. In the northeastern part there is now a mosque Abu pilgrims rest of the parts of the temple built by Amenhotep III, and starts hall huge columns of four peel column is divided into two rows and get then to the large courtyard open and surrounded by three sides by two rows of columns - and then get to the colonnade and a 32 column - and move inside the temple to get to the room of the sacred boat of Alexander the Great was able to pay tribute to his small cabin bears his name in the compartment of Amenhotep III. Finally we come to the Holy of Holies, where the sacred statue room with four columns.
Karnak Temple:
The greatest places of worship in history, and includes many of the temples to the unparalleled, including the temple of the god Amun and his wife the goddess (or death) and son of God (Khonsu) The god of the moon .. And since the Arab conquest on behalf of Karnak, the sense of the fort .. And begin a path to the temple rams representative of the god Amon and here symbolizes the power of fertility and growth under their heads Oukj carving statues of King Ramses II.
Begins to pass through the temple of the first edifice which dates back to King Nkhtbo (family 30) and then to the large courtyard, is on the right of the entrance booths third of the Trinity from the era of good Seti II, and on the left see the Temple of Ramses III. Following are the remnants of edifice second and then to the hall of the major pillars that contain 134 columns by Ttotha characterized upside for the rest of the columns and lead us where the remains of edifice third where they stand in front of him Obelisk of Tuthmosis I and him to the remnants of edifice fourth Taatkdmh Obelisk of Hatshepsut, then you see the remains of edifice V and then to HolyAt the end of Deathly round up to the courtyard which dates back to the era of the Middle Kingdom and from the lounge to the celebrations with a huge pole and back to the reign of Tuthmosis III.
Sacred Lake:
It is located outside the main hall where there is a large statue of a scarab from the reign of King Amenhotep III and was used in Altthi.
Program of sound and light in the Temple of Karnak:
This tells the program through the display remarkable story of building this wonderful effect of word and melody of light and music display is flexible day and witnessed by the spectators from the stands for that purpose, and provides a presentation program is also available in English, French, Arabic, German.
Luxor Museum:
Located between the temples of Luxor and Karnak and the museum houses collections of ancient Egyptian found in the city of Luxor and the surrounding areas.
Second: has raised the West Bank:
Statue of Memnon:
Are all that remain of the temple commemorate the anniversary of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and rising up the one about 19.20 meters, the Greeks this name when he cracked the statue north of them and get out votes - Vcbhoh legendary hero Memnon, who was killed in the Trojan War and was calling to his mother Agios goddess of dawn every morning was to cry on The tears of dew.
Tombs of the Valley owned and Queens:
It is ordered that the graves of kings and queens of the modern state Bnanha in the soles of the rock in this valley to be safe from tampering thieves .. It consists of several rooms and tunnels to reach the burial chamber. The most important of these tombs: the tomb of Tutankhamun tomb of Ramses III - Tomb of Seti I tomb of Ramses VI - Mcypr Amenhotep II tomb of Horemheb - the tomb of Thutmose III.
The most important tombs of the Valley of the Queens: Tomb of Queen Nefertari wife of Ramses II.
Temples commemorate the anniversary:
Bahari temple:
Built by dealers across the Queen "Hatshepsut" to lead the rituals that were useful in the world to be either the name of the Bahari is the name of modern Arabic dubbed this makes sense in the seventh century AD After that use the Coptic monasteries of this temple to them. The temple consists of three runways mounting divided by a causeway.
Ramesseum Temple:
Ramses Temple
Commemorate the anniversary of the Temple of Ramses II and is on the walls of the Battle of Kadesh.
Temple City Hayo:
Temple commemorate the anniversary of King Ramses III and has views of religious and military in a good state of preservation and still bright colors. The most important tombs of the region: the most important tombs of supervision and Matnqlh us aspects of life of the nobility and their families.
Cemetery Nakht: carvings show a high level of Egyptian artist.
Cemetery us: The author of Lost Property in the reign of King Tuthmosis IV.
Tomb Ra touch: a senior statesmen in the reign of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten - and inside the cemetery inscriptions represent Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti and visitors can be seen Luxor Temple of Dendera, the Temple of Esna.
Dandara:
And is located on land west of the city of Qena, about 60 km north of Luxor, one of the Romanian Greek temples. Has begun construction of King Ptolemy III and added a lot of the Ptolemaic Roman emperors and has a landscape famous Queen Cleopatra and her son, Julius Caesar Sizarryon ceilings and is famous for the scenery, which includes numerous astronomical celestial towers.And religious monuments in Luxor Mosque Abu pilgrims inside the temple of Luxor Egyptian Committee on Unification of the Coptic Church near the mosque in the same Temple of Luxor.
Monasteries:
Der Shayeb 7 km away north of the city, St. George Monastery is located west mainland, Der warrior and is located 4 km from the mainland, the western port
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