Luxor, Egypt

Luxor, Egypt Travel

Of the most beautiful tourist destinations - without exaggeration - Luxor and Aswan, especially on cold days in most countries of the world, and the two warm




Includes Luxor, Aswan and archaeological tourist destinations, therapeutic, natural and commercial, is a museum open view of the many temples and archeological sites scattered in all regions

Aloqsrasmp ancient Egypt and away from the capital Cairo, the current 670 km and a historic city located in the center of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak, which is the largest places of worship in the world.

Good of both their name and city with a door and a good percent of the large palaces of Luxor short called Luxor, the third of the effects of the world.
Now Luxor Museum is open the view Heritage Centre civilization, despite its importance, but the implications are not the only thing typical of the shortest that make you feel when you walk by in awe and reverence to those who lived by the Pharaohs to the left from the effects continue to characterize the city, which was called in the past, the name «and Ast» It was the capital of Egypt at that time and then turned the name later to the «good», described by Homer poet Greeks when he visited in the name of «city cent Portal» of the multiplicity of doors in that period, when the Arab conquest of Egypt was the Arabs who called it the name of Luxor, a city of palaces This comes after impressed by palaces and buildings affected by His Excellency. If we start the effects of the east bank in Luxor we will find that many of the temples, the foremost of «Luxor Temple» which was built to worship the god «Amun-Re» and was celebrating his wedding to his wife once a year between his staff will move convoy of God from the Temple of Karnak, the path of the Nile to Luxor Temple . The temple was constructed during the reign of Amenhotep III and Alfronin Ramses II, who built a monument at the entrance of the temple and includes two large statues representing us sitting. Ramses has established Mslten adornments to the entrance of the temple is still one list so far, and the other Wiczin Place de la Concorde in the French capital Paris. It follows from this edifice of Ramses II courtyard, surrounded on three sides by two rows of columns in the form of papyrus-supported package. The remaining parts of the temple was built by Pharaoh Amenhotep II, which undertook the construction of Hall of huge columns with 14 columns, divided into two rows, followed by the large courtyard open surrounded by 3 aspects of the two rows of columns in the end both the lobby of the poles and a 32-column, Inside the temple is located room boat Bible . The holy lake is located outside the main hall of the Temple of Luxor, where there is a large statue of a scarab and this statue was a gift to King Amenhotep. Temple of Luxor Temple is not only a magnificent city, there are on the East Bank temple of Karnak there is also a wonderful complex of temples, beautiful unparalleled comprised of Karnak Temple of Amun, his wife and her son's death gods god Khonsu. The Construction of the temple of the Middle Kingdom in the era of the modern state was built on the ruins of this temple Temple of luxury befitting the greatness of Great Britain and the Egyptian empire at the time, and every king of kings seeking to add a new part was close to the temple to the gods and desire immortality. The first temples of Karnak Temple is God «Amun-Re», which consists of a niche is located in the far eastern side was prepared to save the statues of God «Amon and his family». This is known as the place Bakds Holies. The front of the temple there yard great there are a raised platform in the center which was in a shipyard of the temple one day and has established the King «City I» Mslten were Tzinan this marina is still one persisting place and extends them to the front edifice, two rows of statues built by Ramses II in the form of «Sphinx» each having a head ram, and a human body and this is the way which they call by rams It also includes the Temple of Karnak, also Temple «Ramses III» set up by King Ramses III to house the sacred vessels, and this temple model of the Temple of the Egyptian Integrated It starts Besrah great adorned with statues are impressive to the king from abroad, followed by the inside courtyard bordered by Albwaik east and west. It seems the King on the columns in the form of Osiris. The last temple in the temple complex of Karnak is the temple of God Khonsu, which was built by King Ramses III, consisting of, said the Bnakech priest «my star», followed by a courtyard with columns in the form of papyrus, leads to the hallway by 12 columns lead to the lobby of the columns that appear on the walls, inscriptions from the era of Ramses atheist century. The program of sound and light in the temple of Karnak, a prominent role in reflecting the effects of which is a display brilliant start in the evening to tell the story of this remarkable effect in word and light and song, music and display is twice daily, and provides display driver is also available in English, French, Arabic and German. . The West Bank of Luxor Vtdm are other group of great monuments, including tombs of the Valley of the Kings and Queens of the graves, which is the kings and queens of modern state Bnanha beneath the rock in this valley to be safe from tampering by thieves, made up of several chambers and tunnels to reach the burial chamber, and the most important these graves cemetery young pharaoh «Tutankhamun», which is months and the richest tomb in the world, and the treasures of the best proof of that, when the entrance to section II of the cemetery there is room wide accumulation of the furniture on each other has painted most of it gold, bright and with funds pretty inlaid with ivory, ebony and the other by the landscape for hunting and war, and some chairs, family and ownership of vehicles and statues of various shapes and colors. At the end of the room statues of wood, painted as if they were guarding the contents of the second room, a burial chamber, which was found by four booths, some within some of the wood covered with plates of gold and surrounded the coffin stone still in place so far, has been found that the coffin and inside three coffins of other body jackets of the young Pharaoh smallest of pure gold weighing about 115 kg, and there is currently still in the Egyptian Museum mummy preserved in place with one of the wooden coffins covered with gold foil. What distinguishes the tomb Tutankhamun is not what it effects only, but also what's on the walls of the fees beautiful ones drawing of Tutankhamun shows his successor on the throne «no», who ruled Egypt after Tutankhamen was dressed priests and the ritual of the process of opening the mouth of the mummy of the king, and there is a picture of Tutankhamun, standing in the middle of the wall in the hands «Note» goddess of the sky, which makes health and life. There is a small side room related to the burial chamber and the room similar to that involving the external and the lobby was by some of the funerary furniture. There is also a tomb of Pharaoh Seti the First is carved in the rock to a depth of about 30 meters, and carvings of great beauty and permeated these patterns in some of the outstanding charges is a tremendous worship of the pharaoh to the gods receive him and welcomed. This is the cemetery, carved into the rock and the Valley of the Kings tombs of the most important because it has the largest number of books and funeral ornaments, and after a few meters away there is a beautiful hall with columns retained all the colorful patterns. Has been prepared in the middle of this room in a low place to put the ark of the pharaoh, made of marble, covered this part of the Hall of the Dome of the towers, the sun is well-known animals that represent such towers. There is a hall attached to store the furniture and walls covered with beautiful carvings. The tomb of King «Amenhotep II» seventh kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty is composed of the corridor in the steep end Bir false to mislead thieves and to protect the cemetery from the heavy rains, and after this well located on the right side room There is also another room, free from inscriptions in the face of the entrance, is located in the the left side of walkway leading to the burial room containing the coffin, its roof was lifted on six pillars Vzint aspects are king before the goddess of the dead, and the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, wife of Ramses II, one of the finest royal tombs. Among the magnificent monuments, which must that you visit in Luxor temples commemorate the anniversary is the most important temple of Deir el-Bahri and constructed by Queen «Hatshepsut» to perform the rituals that were useful in the other world, either the name of Deir el-Bahri is the name of Arab modern dubbed this region in the seventh century after the Use the Coptic monasteries of this temple to them. It consists of three runways is divided by a causeway. There is also a temple «Ramesseum» which was established to honor the memory of Ramses II and recorded on the walls of the Battle of Kadesh, which triumphed over the Hittites. Temple «Dandara» and located 60 km north of Luxor contains a famous painting of Queen Cleopatra and Caesar, son of the King of Julius Caesar. There is also a temple «ISNA» and is located south of Luxor, has a room full of pictures and publications that follow the Roman emperors who came to Egypt and sacrificed to the gods. City and the Temple of Habu, which was established to commemorate the memory of King Ramses III the view of religious scenes and war and still bright colors

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