HISTORY OF LUXOR EGYPT ANCIENT THEBES THE MODERN ADVERTISING CONTACT DISCLAIMER ENTER YOUR SEARCH TERMS TRAVEL SOUK LUXOR ANCIENT CAPITAL IMPORTANCE LOCATION THE SITE THE ANCIENT CITY POWER NORTHERN EGYPT MEMPHIS CLOSE PRESENT DAY RELOCATION NINTH TENTH DYNASTIES THEBES THE CENTRE POWERFUL NOMARCHS THEBAN HERACLEOPOLITAN PHARAOHS CONTROL EGYPT 2035 BC EXPANSION GLORY FARMING SETTLEMENT PRIOR ROLE POLITICAL ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL FLOURISHED GOLDEN AGE 1090 BC ONE MILLION PEOPLE LIVED HERE THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE STRETCHED BEYOND MODERN CROPS THE OLD TESTAMENT THE LOCAL DEITY FATHER RISE RELIGIOUS PANTHEON THE PHARAOHS ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS THE REMAINS SCATTERED ASSYRIANS THE SEVENTH ONCE THE GREEKS SLIDE THE ROMANS ALMOST OBLIVION BUILDINGS AT THE END FIRST CENTURY BC MECCA THE INVASION OF NAPOLEON RESURRECTED THE FORTUNES THE FORGOTTEN CITY FRENCH BOUGHT LITTLE BENEFIT ARMY ARCHAEOLOGISTS QUICKLY REMNANTS FORMER GLORY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY EGYPTOLOGY INTEREST REACHED FEVER PITCH TREASURES UNEARTHED THE GREAT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN GETTING THERE ARRIVING FOOD
History of Luxor Egypt - from ancient Thebes to the modern day