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The West Bank of Luxor is home to some of the most iconic ancient Egyptian monuments in the world, including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon. A half-day trip to the West Bank of Luxor is a great way to see these amazing sights without spending too much time away from your hotel.
This necropolis contains the tombs of queens, princes, princesses and some high dignitaries. Approximately there are 70 tombs of royal wives of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt. The tombs retain splendid original colors and captivating sculptures.
a community of diggers, masons, designers, painters, sculptors, scribes, etc. who lived in this place discovered in 1905. This ancient village constitutes a mine of information on the craftsmen of the 18th and 19th Pharaonic dynasties; their way of life and their tool kit used. It retains the first civilian dwellings known to date.
• This village contains a necropolis of about 57 tombs for some of these craftsmen. Although the tombs are more modest than the royal ones in the Valley of the Kings, but they are magnificent and rich in the color of their paintings which give the impression that the artist has just completed his work in the tomb. The site also contains a small Greek temple dedicated to the worship of the goddess Hathor, transformed into a church in the Roman era.
Unmissable historical site on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, containing monuments dating from the Pharaonic period until the Roman period through the Greek period. The main part of the site is built by the pharaoh Ramses III. You can admire the gigantic architecture embodied by the impressive facades as well as the astonishing halls and columns, not to mention the magnificent wall paintings, well preserved in part. The pylon containing texts and representations which tell of the conquests of Ramses III and his ingenious strategy which allowed him to defend the homeland against the invasions of the Lybians and Serdanians, the so called, sea people
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