Luxor, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, the "city of a hundred doors", maybe because they surprised by the amount of walls leading to the entry of the temples.
Luxor, Egypt wonderful city museum.
The city is located where once was Thebes, founded over 4000 years ago and the capital of the pharaohs.
With its abundance of monuments and tombs, memorable preserves testimonies of history, art and culture of ancient Egypt, and merits a visit.
Luxor today can be divided into three zones on the east bank of the Nile, the city of the same name with the temple of Luxor dedicated to the god Amon, northeast of the village where the mighty Karnak temple filled with obelisks and sphinxes, gives the appearance of a monumental city, on the west bank of the Nile Valley of the Kings and Queens, the necropolis of ancient Thebes, where you visit some tombs of the pharaohs and where is even the famous tomb of Tutankhamun.
We then proceed to the time of the Colossi of Memnon, two giant stone to watch the valley, and finally to the temple of Hatchepsut, the only female pharaoh in history, situated at the foot of a picturesque natural amphitheater.
Usually the tour includes a visit to the papyrus factory where they will show you exactly how the famous papyrus, and a visit to the alabaster factory, where making faithful reproductions of objects of ancient Egypt.
writing hard to bring the majesty of the monuments, temples, pyramids, where everything is wrapped in a magical atmosphere which makes the tour unique. A city is an open-air museum where you can see the splendor of an era that has now disappeared but thanks to sites like these will never cease to be admired the entire world.
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