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About 400 miles south of Cairo is an eastern bend of the Nile River.  It is here that Luxor (ancient Thebes) is located.  Actually, what most people think of as Luxor is really three different areas.  On the east bank, where the life-giving sun rises, is the "City of the Living".  Here is the town and the Temples of Luxor and Karnak.  On the west bank, where the sun sets, is the "City of Dead" where one finds the Colossi of Memnon, the tombs of the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, the tombs of the Nobles, and Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple (Deir al-Madina).

 

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Luxor carriage


 


Luxor Temple entrance
 


 


Touring Luxor Temple

   

 

   


Karnak Entrance

 


Ram-sphinxes at Karnak

 


Ram sphinx and Ramses II
 

         


temple columns

 


Karnak

 


Karnak columns
 

         


tomb wall

 


Valley of the Kings

 


Anubis
 

         

 

 


Queen Hatshepsut's  Temple