Luxor is unique among the cities of the world. Wherever you tread, you feel you are experiencing the past and the present at one and at the same time. There is hardly a place in the city that does not have a relic that tells of the grandeur of the Ancient Egyptians several thousand years ago.

Where does the name 'Luxor' come from?
Luxor is part of ancient Thebes: 'the one hundred-gated city' as it was called by the renowned Greek historian, Homer, because of its buildings and large gates. The city grew over the years, and the Arabs, impressed by its beautiful places and hug edifices, re-named it 'Luxor': City of Palaces.

Luxor remained the seat of power from 2100 to 75- B.C. That is why the visitor is awed by the city, made immortal by its huge pillared-monuments along both banks of the Nile, in the City of the Living, in the east , where the life-giving sun rises; and in the City of Dead, in the west, where the sun, in its never-ending orbit, bids farewell to life
The East Bank of the Nile
The Temple of Luxor and karnak, and the Museum.
The West Bank of the Nile
The Colossi of Memnon- The Tombs of the Valleys of the Kings and the Queens - Mortuary
Temple - The Tombs of the Nobles - The Tombs of Deir al-Madina.