Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر) is a modern city located on both the east and west banks of the Nile in northern Egypt. Built on the former site of Thebes, the capital of ancient Egypt's famous (2052 BC). Pharaoh kings ruled here, creating a civilization that the world has never seen before.
Desert lands of the western part of the past known as the "city of death" means the place where all the god Amun successor buried with wealth that can be brought to eternal life (according to their beliefs). Save notes and the art collection of ancient Egyptian archaeological records galore, some even traced back to 3000 BC. Recent excavations carried out on a small tomb of Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, which was full of gold jewelry, sculpture and securities.
Covering an area of ± 15 km ² and a population of 93,000 inhabitants, Thebes located primarily in the eastern edge of the fertile river valley. At the original location, the oldest monuments from the XI Dynasty (2081-1939 BC), when the city became the capital of the province of Egypt united.
Many rulers of Thebes who left the physical legacy that can be learned. Temple of Hatshepsut of Dynasty XVIII describes the miraculous birth is because merging Queen Ahmes and the god Amon (according to ancient Egyptian belief). Amenhotep III left 2 large statue as high as ± 70 ft (± 20 m), known as Kolossi Memnon. Pharaoh Ramses II ordered dibuatkannya overview of major wars, including those experiencing itself against the Hittites of Syria, in addition to the festival scene worship the god of the earth. Decorate the outside of the temple, the pictures are still there until now. Each year, countless tourists visiting Luxor to admire this ancient heritage as well as other evidence of ancient civilizations.
Desert lands of the western part of the past known as the "city of death" means the place where all the god Amun successor buried with wealth that can be brought to eternal life (according to their beliefs). Save notes and the art collection of ancient Egyptian archaeological records galore, some even traced back to 3000 BC. Recent excavations carried out on a small tomb of Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, which was full of gold jewelry, sculpture and securities.
Covering an area of ± 15 km ² and a population of 93,000 inhabitants, Thebes located primarily in the eastern edge of the fertile river valley. At the original location, the oldest monuments from the XI Dynasty (2081-1939 BC), when the city became the capital of the province of Egypt united.
Many rulers of Thebes who left the physical legacy that can be learned. Temple of Hatshepsut of Dynasty XVIII describes the miraculous birth is because merging Queen Ahmes and the god Amon (according to ancient Egyptian belief). Amenhotep III left 2 large statue as high as ± 70 ft (± 20 m), known as Kolossi Memnon. Pharaoh Ramses II ordered dibuatkannya overview of major wars, including those experiencing itself against the Hittites of Syria, in addition to the festival scene worship the god of the earth. Decorate the outside of the temple, the pictures are still there until now. Each year, countless tourists visiting Luxor to admire this ancient heritage as well as other evidence of ancient civilizations.
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