About Luxor -

Egypt

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Luxor is one of the best sight scenes in

Egypt

.
It has served

Egypt

for thousands of years as the capital city and the center of culture and Ancient worship.
With this it is a treasure center of arti facts and surviving temples and tombs which any tourist will surely find interesting.
For these reasons, the Luxor Travel is worth going .

This Ancient city of Thebes is a fairly large place and tourist will be able to enjoy a Great variety of activities and destinations the such as City of Luxor on the East side of the Nile, the town of Karnak just north of Luxor and Thebes, which is on the west side of the Nile across from Luxor.

Introduction :-
Luxor is 670 kms south of Cairo.
It remained the seat of power from 2100 to750 B.C.
The modern city of Luxor lays beautifully along side the Nile.
The name Luxor is our modern version of a much older name.
Through the centuries the city have had many names, but even though the name has changed, its Ancient meaning has stayed intact - namely meaning
Luxor, the city of a hundred gates, is situated in Upper

Egypt

, in the province of Qena.
It was the capital

of

Egypt

from the 12th

dynasty

(1991 BC) and reached its zenith during the New Kingdom.
The early Arab travelers, who admired Luxor gave it its name.
In Arabic Luxor means "the palaces".
In fact, the name Luxor comes from the Arabic al-Uksur, meaning “fortification,” which in turn derived from the Latin word “castrum,” the word for a fortification.

The beautiful city grew up around the Temple, hereby making the Temple the center point of this city.
At the top of the list of historical sights to visit during a stay in Luxor, which was known as Thebes in years gone by, is the Karnak Temple.

Luxor, one of the oldest cities, not only in

Egypt

, but in the world provides a giant history lesson.
Many

of

Egypt

's most famous landmarks lie within the town, or a short driving distance of the metropolis.

A variety of buildings in this city follow the code of "antique style" with the National bank, railway station and spa standing out as perfect examples.

Luxor has a history that is as old as the country itself.
It has been home to countless numbers of pharaohs and judging by the sheer number of surviving arti facts, temples and architecture, it has been one of the most powerful cities in the history of the world.
These days the city of Luxor is known as the world's largest

open air Museum

.
Luxor is a gateway to the past and promises to reveal much about the history of one of the earth's greatest Ancient civilizations.

Luxor has unmatched, well maintained monuments and arti facts are some of the features that serve to draw Great admiration for this city.
Three different areas define Luxor as a city and people will talk about them when referring to Luxor.
These are the small town of Karnak (north of Luxor), Thebes-called Waset by locals and Luxor city itself.

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