Luxor, the Glossary
Luxor (lit) is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.[1]
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- Governorate capitals in Egypt
- Populated places in Luxor Governorate
- Tourism in Egypt
- Tourist attractions in Egypt
Aba al-Waqf
Aba al-Waqf أبا الوقف) is a village in the markaz of Maghagha in Minya Governorate, Egypt. It is about 6 miles (10km) south of Maghagha, and 2 miles (3km) west of the Nile.
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
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Abu Haggag Mosque
The Mosque of Abu Haggag (Arabic: مسجد أبو الحجاج بالأقصر) is a mosque in Luxor, Egypt.
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Adyton
In Classical architecture, the adyton ('innermost sanctuary, shrine') or adytum (Latin) was a restricted area within the cella of a Greek or Roman temple.
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Afterlife
The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.
Al-Ahram Weekly
Al-Ahram Weekly is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt.
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
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Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Luxor and Alexandria are cities in Egypt and governorate capitals in Egypt.
Alexandrian liturgical rites
The Alexandrian rites are a collection of ritual families and uses of Christian liturgy employed by three Oriental Orthodox churches (the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), and by three Eastern Catholic Churches (the Coptic Catholic Church, the Eritrean Catholic Church, and Ethiopian Catholic Church).
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Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III (jmn-ḥtp(.w),; "Amun is satisfied"), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Amun
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient Egyptian deities
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt.
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Ankhesenamun
Ankhesenamun ("Her Life Is of Amun"; c. 1348 or c. 1342 – after 1322 BC) was a queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
Apostolic administration
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area.
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Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt
The Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, or in full - of Alexandria of Egypt-Heliopolis-Port Said (Vicariatus Apostolicus Alexandrinus) is a Roman Catholic Apostolic vicariate (missionary ordinariate) in Egypt, named after its cathedral see in Alexandria, a port city and former Catholic patriarchate, which serves the Latin Catholics in Egypt.
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Arab conquest of Egypt
The Arab conquest of Egypt, led by the army of 'Amr ibn al-'As, took place between 639 and 642 AD and was overseen by the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Arab Spring
The Arab Spring (ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀|translit.
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
Aswan
Aswan (also; ʾAswān; Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate. Luxor and Aswan are archaeological sites in Egypt, cities in Egypt, governorate capitals in Egypt and tourism in Egypt.
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Asyut
AsyutAlso spelled Assiout or Assiut. Luxor and Asyut are cities in Egypt, governorate capitals in Egypt and tourist attractions in Egypt.
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Aten (city)
Aten, properly called The Dazzling Aten though dubbed initially by archaeologists the Rise of Aten, is the remains of an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor. Luxor and Aten (city) are archaeological sites in Egypt.
Babylonia
Babylonia (𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran).
Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Betsy Bryan
Betsy Morrell Bryan (born 1949) is an American Egyptologist who is leading a team that is excavating the Precinct of Mut complex in Karnak, at Luxor in Upper Egypt.
Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead is the name given to an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BC) to around 50 BC.
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Brasília
Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region.
Bubastis
Bubastis (Bohairic Coptic: Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ Poubasti; Greek: Βούβαστις Boubastis or Βούβαστος Boubastos), also known in Arabic as Tell-Basta or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city. Luxor and Bubastis are archaeological sites in Egypt.
Byblos
Byblos (Βύβλος), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (Jubayl, locally Jbeil; 𐤂𐤁𐤋,, probably Gebal), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.
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Canaan
Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 –; כְּנַעַן –, in pausa כְּנָעַן –; Χανααν –;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes.
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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.
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Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.
Claude Sicard
Father Claude Sicard (1677–1726) was a French Jesuit priest, and an early modern visitor to Egypt, between 1708 and 1712.
Climate of Egypt
Egypt essentially has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
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Coffin
A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation.
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Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon (italic or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis.
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Congregation of the Mission
The Congregation of the Mission (Congregatio Missionis), abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men founded by Vincent de Paul.
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Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya
The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Coptic Catholic Church (Alexandrian Rite in Coptic language) in its sole ecclesiastical province, that of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria (whose see is in Cairo).
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Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag
The Eparchy of Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, centered in the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.
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Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
The Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria is the Patriarchal and only Metropolitan see of the head of the Eastern sui iuris Coptic Catholic Church, a particular Church in the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See, which follows the Alexandrian Rite in its own Coptic language.
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Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
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Cultural tourism in Egypt
Egypt has a thriving cultural tourism industry, built on the country's complex history, multicultural population and importance as a regional centre. Luxor and cultural tourism in Egypt are tourism in Egypt.
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Deir el-Bahari
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri (the Monastery of the North) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. Luxor and Deir el-Bahari are tourist attractions in Egypt.
Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina (دير المدينة), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BCE)Oakes, p. 110 The settlement's ancient name was Set maat ("Place of Truth"), and the workmen who lived there were called "Servants in the Place of Truth".
Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language.
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Egyptian language
The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian, is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian pound
The Egyptian pound (جنيه مصرى; abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code: EGP) is the official currency of Egypt.
Egyptian temple
Egyptian temples were built for the official worship of the gods and in commemoration of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and regions under Egyptian control.
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power.
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El-Assasif
El-Assasif (العساسيف) is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt.
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Eleventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XI) is a well-attested group of rulers.
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Eparchy
Eparchy (ἐπαρχία eparchía "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity.
The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately 125 years, c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom.
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Frederic Louis Norden
Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain, cartographer, and archaeological explorer.
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Granger (Tourtechot)
Granger (c. 1680s in Dijon – 1734 near Basra), was a French physician and traveller, with a major interest in natural history.
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Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut (BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from until (Low Chronology).
Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)
Heliopolis (Jwnw, Iunu; jwnw, 'the Pillars'; ⲱⲛ; City of the Sun) was a major city of ancient Egypt. Luxor and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt) are archaeological sites in Egypt.
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Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.
Horus
Horus, also known as Hor, in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky.
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Hot air ballooning in Luxor
Hot air ballooning in Luxor is an aspect of the Egyptian tourist industry. Luxor and Hot air ballooning in Luxor are tourism in Egypt.
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Hyksos
The Hyksos (Egyptian ḥqꜣ(w)-ḫꜣswt, Egyptological pronunciation: heqau khasut, "ruler(s) of foreign lands"), in modern Egyptology, are the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC).
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Ignazio Gladès Berzi
Ignazio Gladès Berzi (born 7 January 1867 in Ghirghe) was an Egyptian clergyman and the former suffragan eparch of Luxor.
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Ismailia
Ismailia (الإسماعيلية) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Luxor and Ismailia are cities in Egypt and governorate capitals in Egypt.
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.
Kakheti
Kakheti (კახეთი K’akheti) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti.
Karnak
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Luxor and Karnak are Populated places in Luxor Governorate and tourist attractions in Egypt.
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Kazanlak
Kazanlak (Казанлък, known as Seuthopolis (Σευθόπολις) in ancient times, is a town in Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. It is located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain range, at the eastern end of the Rose Valley.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Khaled al-Anani
Khaled al-Anani (خالد العناني; born 14 March 1971 in Giza) is an Egyptian egyptologist and politician.
Khonsu
Khonsu (ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon.
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Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Kush (Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
Late Period of ancient Egypt
The Late Period of ancient Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period in the 26th Saite Dynasty founded by Psamtik I, but includes the time of Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC as well.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of largest monoliths
This is a list of monoliths organized according to the size of the largest block of stone on the site.
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List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city.
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List of Theban tombs
The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, in Egypt.
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Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.
Luxor Governorate
Luxor Governorate (محافظة الأقصر) has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the Qena Governorate.
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Luxor International Airport
Luxor International Airport is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt.
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Luxor Las Vegas
Luxor Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
Luxor massacre
The Luxor massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on 17 November 1997 in Egypt.
Luxor Museum
Luxor Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt.
Luxor Temple
The Luxor Temple (معبد الأقصر) is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE.
Malkata
Malkata (or Malqata; lit), is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. Luxor and Malkata are archaeological sites in Egypt.
Markos II Khouzam
Markos II Khouzam in Arabic مرقس الثاني خزام(born 16 March 1888 - died 2 February 1958) was a leader of the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church.
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Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu (مدينة هابو;; (ⲧ)ϫⲏⲙⲉ, ϫⲏⲙⲏ, ϫⲉⲙⲉ, ϫⲉⲙⲏ, ϫⲏⲙⲓ|label.
Memphis, Egypt
Memphis (Manf,; Bohairic ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North"). Luxor and Memphis, Egypt are archaeological sites in Egypt and tourist attractions in Egypt.
Mentuhotep II
Mentuhotep II (ḥtp, meaning "Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his prenomen Nebhepetre (Rˁ, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty.
Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.
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Mitanni
Mitanni (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts,; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences.
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
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Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt.
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Mummification Museum
The Mummification Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Upper Egypt.
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Mut
Mut, also known as Maut and Mout, was a mother goddess worshipped in ancient Egypt.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I (Egyptian: Nḫt-nb.f; Νεκτάνεβις; died 361/60 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, founder of the last native dynasty of Egypt, the 30th.
New Kingdom of Egypt
The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC.
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Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
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Opet Festival
The Opet Festival (ḥb nfr n jpt, "beautiful festival of Opet") was an annual ancient Egyptian festival celebrated in Thebes (Luxor), especially in the New Kingdom and later periods, during the second month of the season of Akhet, the flooding of the Nile.
Osiris
Osiris (from Egyptian wsjr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail.
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Phoenicia
Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.
Precinct of Amun-Re
The Precinct of Amun-Re, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex.
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Psamtik I
Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664–610 BC.
Qasr
Qasr (lit, plural qusur), from Latin castrum, may refer to.
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Ramesses II
Ramesses II (rꜥ-ms-sw), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Egyptian pharaoh.
Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses").
Richard Pococke
Richard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765)Notes and Queries, p. 129.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Saʽidi Arabic
Ṣaʽīdi Arabic (autonym: صعيدى), or Upper Egyptian Arabic, is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Upper Egyptians in the area that is South/Upper Egypt, a strip of land on both sides of the Nile that extends from Aswan and downriver (northwards) to Lower Egypt.
Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
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Sais, Egypt
Sais (Σάϊς, Ⲥⲁⲓ) was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile,Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. Luxor and Sais, Egypt are archaeological sites in Egypt.
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a city and special economic zone on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Theban Necropolis
The Theban Necropolis is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. Luxor and Theban Necropolis are archaeological sites in Egypt.
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Thebes, Egypt
Thebes (طيبة, Θῆβαι, Thēbai), known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset (Arabic: وسط), was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about south of the Mediterranean. Luxor and Thebes, Egypt are archaeological sites in Egypt.
TT33 (tomb)
is an ancient Egyptian tomb.
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he was likely a son of Akhenaten, thought to be the KV55 mummy. His mother was identified through DNA testing as The Younger Lady buried in KV35; she was a full sister of her husband.
Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XX, alternatively 20th Dynasty or Dynasty 20) is the third and last dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1189 BC to 1077 BC.
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers.
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Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt (صعيد مصر, shortened to الصعيد,, locally) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser (formed by the Aswan High Dam).
Ushabti
The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings (وادى الملوك), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings (label), is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Luxor and Valley of the Kings are archaeological sites in Egypt and tourist attractions in Egypt.
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Valley of the Queens
The Valley of the Queens (Arabic: وادي الملكات Wādī al-Malekāt) is a site in Egypt, in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high ranking officials were buried. Luxor and Valley of the Queens are tourist attractions in Egypt.
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Viterbo
Viterbo (Viterbese: Veterbe; Viterbium) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Lazio region of Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
Vivant Denon
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist.
Winter Palace Hotel
The Winter Palace Hotel, also known as the Old Winter Palace Hotel, is a historic British colonial-era 5-star luxury resort hotel located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, just south of Luxor Temple, with 86 rooms and 6 suites.
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Yangzhou
Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China.
Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir
Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir (12 August 1949 – 27 December 2015) was an Egyptian Coptic Catholic bishop.
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Yusuf Abu al-Haggag
Sheikh Yusuf Abu el Haggag (الشيخ يوسف أبو الحجاج; c. 1150 – c. 1245), also al Haggag or Al-Hajjaj, was a mystic Sufi scholar and religious figure.
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Zahi Hawass
Zahi Abass Hawass (زاهي حواس; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs, serving twice.
2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings
The 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings were committed by Islamist group Abdullah Azzam Brigades on 23 July 2005 in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
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2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash
On 26 February 2013, a hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 out of the 21 people on board. Luxor and 2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash are tourism in Egypt.
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See also
Governorate capitals in Egypt
- Alexandria
- Arish
- Assiut
- Aswan
- Asyut
- Benha
- Beni Suef
- Cairo
- Damanhur
- Damietta
- El Senbellawein
- El Tor, Egypt
- Faiyum
- Giza
- Hurghada
- Ismailia
- Kafr El Sheikh
- Kharga Oasis
- Luxor
- Mansoura, Egypt
- Mersa Matruh
- Minya, Egypt
- Port Said
- Qena
- Ras Ghareb
- Shibin El Kom
- Sohag
- Suez
- Tanta
- Zagazig
Populated places in Luxor Governorate
Tourism in Egypt
- 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
- 2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash
- Agilkia Island
- Airports in Egypt
- Arish
- Aswan
- Café Riche
- Cultural tourism in Egypt
- Dahab
- El Alamein
- El Gouna
- Hot air ballooning in Luxor
- Luxor
- Marsa Alam
- Mersa Matruh
- Northern coast of Egypt
- Philae temple complex
- Rosetta
- Safaga
- Siwa Oasis
- Taba, Egypt
- Tourism in Egypt
Tourist attractions in Egypt
- Abdeen Palace
- Abu Simbel
- Ain Sokhna
- Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex
- Aswan Dam
- Asyut
- Baltim
- Dahab
- Deir el-Bahari
- Egyptian Museum
- El Nabatat Island
- Giza Plateau
- Giza pyramid complex
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Karnak
- Lake Nasser
- Lakes of Egypt
- Luxor
- Memphis, Egypt
- Mount Sinai
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Northern coast of Egypt
- Nuweiba
- Ras el-Hekma
- Red Sea
- Saint Catherine's Monastery
- Saqqara
- Sharm El Sheikh
- Shepheard's Hotel
- Sidi Abdel Rahman
- Siwa Oasis
- Taba, Egypt
- Temple of Amada
- Temple of Edfu
- Temple of Kom Ombo
- Valley of the Kings
- Valley of the Queens
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
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