Luxor Temple, Luxor

Favorite thing: One of the most unique sites in all of Luxor is the Muslim Temple that was built on top of the Luxor Temple. Its a great juxtaposition of cultures, seeing an ancient culture lost for thousands of years, and to see the world literally grow over the top of the past.

Unique vantage point, especially if you are in the temple around the time of Muslim Prayer. Attached to the temple is in fact a loud speaker system to project the prayers.

Favorite thing: If you have not planned your trip to Egypt yet, I would highly recommend doing so... with as much history as there is to see, it really is to your disadvantage.

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Favorite thing: Walls upon Walls of Heiroglyphs are here for your enjoyment. You literally could spend days on end in these places, so make sure you allow yourself adequate time to enjoy them.

During our tour, we ended up going to too many of the temples, and not spending enough time in one or two more individually... but that worked out well for us in the long run as we got to see so much!

Favorite thing: In the tip just before this, I mentioned the decapitations, which seem to have occured on the statues that had the best characteristics left. Alot of the statues that remain are defaced, which led me to believe this happened when those statues were found by the Christians who defaced most of the heiroglyphs as well.

Favorite thing: One of the things you will notice about Egypt as a whole, and is specifically visible in the Luxor temple is the lack of heads on many of the statues. This is because they were taken as trophies throughout the world as leaders came in and "conquered" Egypt.

It is pretty sad to see these statues stand the test of time, and be here for thousands of years, only to be defaced by someone who had their 15 years of fame!

Favorite thing: This really did not fit as a warning or danger, but I was really mad at how much of these heiroglyphs were defaced. Whether or not you agreed with the Egyptian history, or whether you thought they were pagans, I would think there would be something to be learned from the information on the walls. I guess throughout the years, there has been a ignorance of other cultures.... glad to see that was not invented by Americans :)

Favorite thing: One of the things that people do not realize about the Egyptian Civilization is how grand of a scale everything is built on.

Look at the picture, and take into account that I am 6'3" and I am dwarfed by the huge stone statues behind me.

Favorite thing: The Temple of Luxor was constructed on the site of a more ancient sanctuary dedicated to Amon, who was considered to be the ýmainý God, his wife Mut, and their son. Pharaoh Amenophis III once again dedicated the temple to Amon (also called Ra), who was, by the way, one of the Gods thought to have created the world. This construction incorporated parts of original temple erected by Pharaohs Thuthmosis III and Hatshepsut.