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illumina Says: These twin statues, which represent the Pharoah Amenhotep III, have stood at what is now the entrance to the Theban Necropolis since approximately 1350BC, and are around 60ft tall. They originally stood guard over Amenhotep's mortuary temple.In 27 BC an earthquake damaged...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The Temple consists of three imposing terraces. The two lower ones would have once been full of trees. On the southern end of the 1st colonnade there are some scenes, among them the famous scene of the transportation of Hatshepsut’s two obelisks from Aswan to Luxor.The first...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut of untraditional appearance which appears to be in harmony with the surrounding environment.The Temple nestles at the foot of the cliffs in a natural "bay" on the West Bank of Luxor. This area had long been sacred to the goddess Hathor. In...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: It is considered that Colossuses were made ostensibly 3400 years ago (XIV century B.C.). Their height is about 18 meters; weight of everyone is bout 1300 tons.Let us have another look on their history together with Russian scientists and publicists Kaljuzhny and Valjansky.In...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: So it is come out that 6500 years ago there was a civilization on this place, which had built a lot of something, then constructions were tightened by silt, and in 422 AC people of new generation, with nothing knowing about the ancestors, have put here a dam.If it so they...
Lower Chapel of Anubis and Hathor Chapel
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The columns of the Anubis Chapel are fluted, unlike the plain piers used in the rest of this temple. This room at the far north end of the second colonnade has twelve of these grooved columns with an astronomical ceiling. Wall paintings decorate the walls. The hypostyle hall...
illumina Says: It is perfectly possible and easy to take the local ferry across the Nile from Luxor to the West bank.Use the map in your guidebook, and don't listen to any of the touts trying to tell you where the ferry is as they will undoubtedly take you to a private boat and charge you...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: It is possible to reach Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut by bus or by car. Parking and entrance in Djeser-Djeseru are on the distance about a kilometer from the Temple. This distance can be overcome on foot. However the heat does not allow to make it with pleasure. Therefore...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Luxor is situated on the East Bank of the Nile. Several years ago and in ancient times you could get there only by boat crossing the Nile. Access to the West Bank is now easy to arrange. There is now a new road bridge over the Nile, some 7 km south of Luxor main city. Many...
Deir el-Bahri area: Souvenir Shops
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Workshops are situated directly at souvenir shops. I've understood Egyptian guides have arrangements with owners of workshops and shops and get their commission fee from purchases. They bring tourists to the shops where they can get acquainted with manufacture of souvenirs...
All around West Thebes: Go shopping!
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Excursion buses arrive on parking which are surrounded numerous trading shops. Tourist cannot reach the sight which they want to see without passing numerous dealers. Sometimes it happens to be a difficult test. Dealers are very persevering. Sometimes their persistence...
Shops all around sights: Shopping in Deir el-Bahri
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: There are a lot of souvenir shops around Deir el-Bahri. Local dealers offer many fine but useless things. Usually they start to bargain from the sum, which is in several times more than the final price. Then they considerably reduce the initial sum, leading it up to...
LUXOR TOUTS : EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE!
Trixcentrix Says: I can honestly say that people from Luxor are extremely dogged and aggressive in their touting approaches. 1) GETTING OFF THE ABELA ( EL WATANIA ) SLEEPING TRAIN AT LUXOR STATION IN THE MORNING ( 5:00 - 6:00 AM )Even at this time, the minute the door opened, a group of touts...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: About ten years passed since the awful Luxor Massacre. It took place on 17 November 1997 at Deir el-Bahri – the West Bank of Luxor. I remember that days when the world has shuddered from this event. In the mid-morning attack, Islamic terrorists massacred 62 tourists at the...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: My VT-friends know that I love dogs. While going to this tourist trip to Egypt I have left at home my German shepherds. Naturally I missed them very much. Therefore having seen a group of stray dogs on a parking, I have approached to them and have had a talk about our dogs...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: It was natural to see mosques in each city and big settlements because the Islam is the state religion of Egypt and it profess about 93 % of the population (about 7 % of the population of Egypt are orthodox Copts). The mosque is a cult building of Moslems. The herald -...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: I have understood that the basis of tourist business for local population is producing and saling of souvenirs on themes of ancient Egypt. We have visited with excursion one of numerous workshops where subjects of art are producing. As examples for manufacture they take...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The western bank of the Nile represents the lifeless mountain desert on the distance of several kilometers from the river. It would seem impossible to live in such conditions. However tiny villages which consist of several tens houses without roofs are located on the slopes...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Admission price to the Temple of Hatshepsut is 25 LE ($5)Open hours from 6.00 till 18.00 (in April). The Ticket kiosk is located 1 km to the North of Colossies on the cross of the road to the Nile and the road which is parallel to the Theban Hills. You can buy all types of...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The focal point of the Deir el-Bahri complex is the Djeser-Djeseru meaning "the Holy of Holies" or "the most magnificent of the magnificent". It is a colonnaded structure. It is considered to be designed and implemented by Senemut who was the royal steward and architect of...
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The discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter lived for many years in this house near the tomb of Seti I.Nowadays...
Q: Hi all, This is the first time my wife and I are going to Egypt (Karnak). We read a lot of tips on this site. But I still have...
A: Hoi, Jan, Welkom in Egypte!! Omdat meer mensen wellicht geinteresseerd zijn in de antwoorden op je vragen zal ik doorgaan in het Engels. I guess you are going to Luxor....
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West Thebes-West bank of the Nile in Luxor
Hatshepsut's Terrasse Temple is one of the most unique monuments in Egypt and an architectural achievement completely unprecedented worldwide. Not only because it was built during the period of a......
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Thebes was the capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, and was the city of the god Amun-Re. It had various names in Egyptian during different periods, such as Waset (The Foremost), Niwt "(The)...
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