Luxor.

Luxor - one of the most unique cities in the world, the world's largest outdoor museum, located 650 km south of Cairo, in which particularly strong sense of ancient Egyptian lands, with its traditions and legends, it is literally under every house of the city - the foundation of ancient temples and palaces , alleys sphynxes and fragments of statues. It was in Luxor when it was an immense ancient Egyptian capital of the state.
Luxor is located on the right, the eastern bank of the Nile. There, in the «city of living», there are two grand monument - a temple of Luxor, built by the two Pharaohs Amenhotepom III and Ramses II and the Temple of Karnak - the greatest place of worship in history.
In ancient Thebes were located on both banks of the Nile. Now in the West Bank, «city of the dead», you can visit The Valley of Kings and Queens, statue Memnona, the ruins of a temple Amenhotepa III and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. «Town of living», located on the east bank of the Nile, and the «city of the dead», for the Egyptians, who are traditionally in the west, were an inseparable part of the great state of solar «king of the gods» Amon-Ra, his celestial wife Mut and their son Lunar Honshu.
The majestic temple complexes - Karnak and Luxor connected Sphynx avenues, adjoining this luxurious palaces, houses of nobility, the gardens of rare trees and artificial lakes.
Luxor temple dedicated to Amon-Ra, Mut and Honshu, shaking travelers unparalleled elegance and grandeur of their colonnades royal colossus. Despite the fact that nowadays the temple is surrounded by a modern city with its lively streets and modern buildings, the sanctuary of the ancient gods shocking inner harmony and peace.
In the famous Valley of the Kings in Luxor has 64 tombs, virtually all - the king's. The tombs cut into the rocks, they look closely, you can hide away from the sight. Unfortunately, all the tombs have been looted in antiquity, and only the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered the English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, in full safety. The Tomb was so full of gold ornaments and other treasures that, historically, little Pharaoh, who died at the age of devyatnadtsatiletnem, today almost the most important piece of ancient Egypt.
Unique monuments of ancient art found in the city and connected with all phases of its history can be seen in the interesting museum of Egyptian art and The Museum of
mummification.
Excursion to Luxor - a great way to immerse yourself in the history of ancient Egypt, to feel the grandeur and beauty of ancient temples.