LUXOR EGYPTIAN ARABIC SAIDI ARABIC UPPER EGYPT THE CAPITAL LUXOR GOVERNORATE POPULATION NUMBERS AREA THE SITE THE ANCIENT CITY OF THEBES THE WORLDS GREATEST MUSEUM THE RUINS THE TEMPLE KARNAK STAND THE MODERN IMMEDIATELY THE RIVER NILE LIE TEMPLES TOMBS THE WEST BANK NECROPOLIS THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS VALLEY THE QUEENS THOUSANDS TOURISTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARRIVE VISIT ECONOMY NAME COMES ARABIC THE COLLECTIVE LOANWORD LATIN CASTRUM FORTIFIED CAMP SEVILLE THE ANCIENT CITY THE GREAT CAPITAL NEW KINGDOM GLORIOUS THE GOD EGYPTIAN WASET SCEPTRE PRONOUNCED IPET MEANING THE SHRINE THE GREEKS THEBAI THE ROMANS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GATES SOMETIMES SOUTHERN HELIOPOLIS ANCIENT DISTINGUISH IUNU PLACE OF WORSHIP SIMPLY MEANS THREE CITIES NOUN MEMPHIS IMPORTANCE THE DYNASTY THE TOWN THRIVING NATIVE NUBI HIGH SOCIAL STATUS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL MONTUHOTEP II UNITED THE TROUBLES FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD STABILITY LANDS STATURE THE PHARAOHS EXPEDITIONS KUSH NORTHERN SUDAN CANAAN PHOENICIA SYRIA SAW WEALTH ROSE PROMINENCE WORLD MAJOR ROLE THE HYKSOS UPPER EGYPT RISEN RELIGIOUS MILITARY PEOPLES BABYLONIANS MITANNI THE HITTITES ANATOLIA CANAANITES PHOENICIANS BYBLOS TYRE MINOANS THE ISLAND CRETE PRINCE MARRY THE WIDOW TUTANKHAMUN ANKHESENAMUN POLITICAL POLITICAL CAPITAL CITIES NORTHERN EGYPT BUBASTIS SAIS FINALLY ALEXANDRIA RELIGIOUS CAPITAL THE GREEK GOD WORSHIPPED GODDESS THEIR SON KHONSU RISE FOREMOST THE LOCAL AMON THE SUN THUS KING OF GODS NORTH TEMPLE RIGHT THE END ATTACKED ASSYRIA EMPEROR ASSURBANIPAL LIBYA PSAMTIK RUINS FELL ALEXANDER THE STATUE OPET FESTIVAL SITE SPIRITUALITY UP TO CHRISTIAN MONKS THE ROMAN EMPIRE MONASTERIES ANCIENT MONUMENTS HATSHEPSUT NORTHERN MONASTERY BANK LUXOR TEMPLE LUXOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KARNAK TEMPLE LUXOR MUSEUM MUMMIFICATION MUSEUM WINTER PALACE HOTEL VALLEY OF THE KINGS MEDINET HABU MEMORIAL TEMPLE RAMESSES III RAMESSEUM RAMESSES II TOMBS OF THE NOBLES MORTUARY TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT MALKATA AMENOPHIS III COLOSSI OF MEMNON HOT DESERT CLIMATE CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION THE REST ASWAN HOTTEST SUMMER DAYS ANY OTHER CITY NEARLY DRIEST IN THE WORLD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE SUMMER COLDEST MONTH CLIMATE PRECIPITATION THE SAHARA LESS THAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION THE DESERT ONES RAINFALL MUCH MORE RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAXIMUM MEAN WINTER MINIMUM BRIGHT SUNNY ALL SEASONS SEASONAL VARIATION HOURS ANNUAL CLOSE THEORETICAL SUNSHINE DURATION SOHAG QENA ASYUT DIFFERENCE DAYS AND NIGHTS ALMOST TEMPERATURE COPTIC CATHOLIC ALEXANDRIAN RITE MINORITY EPARCHY EASTERN CATHOLIC LUQSOR ALIAS TERRITORY SPLIT APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF EGYPT EPISCOPAL SEE GEORGE CATHEDRAL ASSIUT IGNAZIO DEATH MARC APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF ALEXANDRIA OF THE COPTS COPTIC CATHOLIC PATRIARCH OF ISAAC MINYA OF THE COPTS AMBA LAZARISTS PRESIDENT OF SYNOD THE CATHOLIC COPTIC CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF HIERARCHY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS THE EAST ELIAS JESUITS PREVIOUSLY COADJUTOR EPARCH ASSIUT OF THE COPTS ZAKARIA EPARCH ISMAYLIAH OF THE COPTS DEPENDENT LARGE NUMBERS PEOPLE WORK IN PARTICULARLY SUGARCANE THE LUXOR MASSACRE TOTAL WORST TERRORIST ATTACK SHARM THE MASSACRE REDUCED TOURIST THE ARAB SPRING TOURISM LOCAL MAKE UP GOATS CHEESE SUBSIDIZED BREAD HOMEGROWN TOMATOES THE MAJORITY CONTROVERSIAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN TRANSFORM VAST THE MASTER PLAN IMAX ATTRACTION MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT UNEARTH AVENUE OF SPHINXES ONCE PROCESSIONAL ROAD THE PHARAOH AMENHOTEP III FINAL FORM THOUSAND SPHINX STATUES THE ROAD MOSQUES EXCAVATION NINETEEN ASIAN EUROPEAN DIED HOT AIR BALLOON CRASHED EARLY ON GAS EXPLOSION ACCIDENTS PUSH TOURISM INDUSTRY DEEPER THE CASUALTIES JAPANESE NATIONALS NINE HONG BRIDGE KILOMETRES UPSTREAM TOWN OF READY ACCESS TRADITIONALLY RIVER CROSSINGS THE DOMAIN FERRY THE NATIONAL OPERATE LANDING OPPOSITE FARE EGYPTIAN POUND PASSENGER THE LOCALS NUMBER FOREIGNERS USE IT TRANSPORT TAXI APPROACH REACH MONUMENTS BANKS THE NILE CROSSING THE OTHER BUS ROUTES RELY HORSE TOURS TAXIS THE GOVERNMENT DECREED OLDER MODERN RECENTLY NEW ROADS IN THE CITY COPE DOMESTIC TRAVEL THE ROUTE RAIL SERVICE TIMES MORNING TRAIN SLEEPING TAKEN THE RAILWAY STATION SITUATED THE LINE RUNS CAIRO TO THE NORTH KAZANLAK BULGARIA BALTIMORE MARYLAND UNITED STATES PARINTINS BRAZIL SHENZHEN CHINA KAKHETI GEORGIA CULTURAL TOURISM IN EGYPT MEGALITHIC LUXOR MASSACRE LUXOR LAS VEGAS WEBSITE DEVOTED THEBAN NECROPOLIS DEGREE IMAGING