Luxor

Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple:
Visit the biggest Temple in Egypt and the largest ancient religious site in the world, the Karnak Temple. It was dedicated to God Amon and was the spiritual center of Ancient Egyptians. The Karnak is connected to Luxor Temple via an impressive avenue of sphinxes

The Necropolis of Thebes:

Crossing the Nile to visit several amazing Tombs in the spectacular Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and proceed to the dramatic Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, also known as Deir El Bahari, which has been built out of the rock face.
The West Bank day tour is a must visit when coming to Luxor. There are fascinating Tombs and Temples that you have to see. Enjoy a full day tour and visit the elaborate Tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Deir El Bahari, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Valley of the Nobles, Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu.

Karnak Sound & Light Show:

The sound and light show at the Karnak Temple complex narrates the achievements of great Pharaohs, while describing the ancient treasures of ancient Thebes. As visitors walk through the complex, the pharaohs arise to tell the story of their interesting lives, as haunting music mysteriously flows through this ancient city. Illuminated, the ruins seem more magnificent than ever

Experience a spectacular night at one of the greatest outdoor shows at the Karnak Temple. The show recalls the distant past and its unforgettable stories of glory and wonder.

Edfu’s Temple:

The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus-Apollo.It is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BCE.

The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ancient Egypt. In particular, the Temple's inscribed building texts "provide details of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation. There are also "important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth. They are translated by the German Edfu-Project

Dendera’s Temple:

Dendera Temple complex, located about 2.5 km south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. The area was used as the sixth Nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.

The whole complex covers some 40,000 square meters and is surrounded by a hefty mud brick enclosed wall. Dendera was a site for chapels or shrines from the beginning of history of ancient Egypt. It seems that pharaoh Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC) built on this site and evidence exists of a temple in the eighteenth dynasty (ca 1500 BC). But the earliest extant building in the compound today is the Mammisi raised by Nectanebo II – last of the native pharaohs (360-343 BC). The features in the complex include

Hathor temple (the main temple),
Temple of the birth of Isis,
Sacred Lake,
Sanatorium,
Mammisi of Nectanebo II,
Christian Basilica,
Roman Mammisi,
a Bark shine,
Gateways of Domitian & Trajan and
the Roman Kiosk

Hathor Temple:

The all overshadowing building in the Complex is the main temple, namely Hathor temple (historically, called the Temple of Tentyra). The temple has been modified on the same site starting as far back as the Middle Kingdom, and continuing right up until the time of the Roman emperor Trajan.[1] The existing structure was built no later than the late Ptolemaic period. The temple, dedicated to Hathor, is one of the best preserved temples in all Egypt. Subsequent additions were added in Roman times.

Luxor Museum :

Luxor Museum is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor (ancient Thebes). It stands on the corniche, overlooking the west bank of the River Nile, in the central part of the city.

Inaugurated in 1975, the museum is housed in a small, purpose-built building. The range of artifacts on display is far more restricted than the country's main collections in the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo; this was, however, deliberate, since the museum prides itself on the quality of the pieces it has, the uncluttered way in which they are displayed, and the clear multilingual labeling used.

Among the most striking items on show are grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) and a collection of 26 exceptionally well preserved New Kingdom statues that were found buried in a cache in nearby Luxor Temple in 1989. The royal mummies of two pharaohs - Ahmose I and Ramesses I - were also put on display in the Luxor Museum in March 2004, as part of the new extension to the museum, which includes a small visitor centre. A major exhibit is a reconstruction of one of the walls of Akhenaten's temple at Karnak. One of the featured items in the collection is a calcite double statue of the crocodile god Sobek and the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III.

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