Luxor Trip Overview
Luxor named the city of the sun, formerly known as Thebes, and it was also called the City of the Hundred Babs, as described by the Greek poet Homer in the Iliad, and it was also called “the city of the sun”, “the city of light” and “the city of the scepter”, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt, it was launched The Arabs have this name “Luxor”, which is the plural of the word palace, as the city contained many pharaohs’ palaces.
Valley of the Kings, also known as the “Valley of the Biban Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used over the course of 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs of the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Luxor named the city of the sun, formerly known as Thebes, and it was also called the City of the Hundred Babs, as described by the Greek poet Homer in the Iliad, and it was also called “the city of the sun”, “the city of light” and “the city of the scepter”, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt, it was launched The Arabs have this name “Luxor”, which is the plural of the word palace, as the city contained many pharaohs’ palaces.
Valley of the Kings, also known as the “Valley of the Biban Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used over the course of 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs of the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state.
Visit: Luxor Market, El-Souk, Luxor Egypt
Trip descriptionThe West (Valley of the Kings), Dandara Temple and Karnak Temple
In the morning, our representative comes to take you from your hotel in Luxor to go to visit the West Bank. Please listen to the Egyptology expert well. He will tell you the history of the ancient Egyptians. We will start visiting the Valley of the Kings, also known as the “Valley of the Kings”, which is a valley in Egypt. To build the tombs of the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state that extended in the time of families, the Valley of the Kings is divided into valleys; the eastern valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the western valley. After that, after completing, you head to Deir el-Bahri Monastery, known as the Temple of Hatshepsut. The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design, compared to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile in Thebes
. The temple consists of three mounting terraces, connected by up and down platforms. Then, after going to see the Statue of Memnon or the Giants of Memnon, two huge statues of up to 19 meters in length and one third of the statue, they were called by the Greeks (Memon) when the eastern statue cracked and produced them. It was a voice resembling the legendary hero (Memnon) who was killed in wars. After taking many memorial photos, you go to the Karnak temple, and the temple is built for the divine Trinity Amon (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife is the goddess Mut and their son is God Khonsu; and each of them has a temple belonging to the complex of Karnak temples.
And then you go to lunch in the restaurant, the most delicious Egyptian food
After finishing, you will visit the Dandara Temple, one of the most important temples of the ancient Egyptians, which is the Temple of Hator or the Temple of Dandara.
After completion, return to your hotel again.
Duration: 12 hours
