Luxor City

For the shortest city in southern Egypt contains a third of the effects of the world, fame exceeded its borders Alaquilima and reached for a global and become a magnet for tourists to Rahabha rotated among more than 800 ancient shrine.Luxor is the most important tourist cities in the world, with one-third of the effects of the world on its shores in more than 800 shrine, a city of kings, described by the Greek poet Homer in Ninth anthem of Iliad "There is good in shimmering gold piles .. good percent of the door, where passes in a military gait, four hundred men Boukilhm and vehicles, from each section of the massive doors ", many names were fired at the city that was the capital of the ancient Egyptian state over 900 years, including the" City of the 100 door "and" sun "and" good "and" Light "and" Mace "until we settled on its current name" Luxor "which was launched by the Arabs such as collection of the word Palace after the Islamic conquest, these names to reflect the grandeur of the city, and see the magnificence of its development implications.
Luxor away from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, 620 km to the south, Ancefha Nile River to the east and west, the eastern part of which ancient symbol of life where he arose from his sun, as symbolized by the western mainland of the life of the Hereafter, and therefore built by the tombs of the kings of the Pharaohs, and its months royal tombs in history , Tutankhamun's tomb, which was discovered a full on November 4 1922, the day the select festival nationally for the city, which is visited by more than 3.5 million tourists from around the world, which is close to millions of 45% of the total visitors to Egypt, with the aim of Visit temples famous on the world level, and most importantly, Luxor Temple, Karnak and Hatshepsut, the Ramesseum, and Seti I found a small village named "Qurna", as well as the tombs of the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, which contains Queen Nefertari cemetery, and a number of important sculptures, the most famous statue Menon, and some Museums such as the great Luxor Museum, and the Museum of mummification, the private animal crocodile which was occupies a position at the Museum of the Pharaohs.