The modern name for Thebes is Luxor which came from " Al
oqsour " meaning the city of palaces The renowned Greek
Historian
Homer described it is the city of Hundred gates. The
city grew over the years impressed by its beautiful
palaces and huge edifices, the Egyptian re-named it Luxor
The dynastic and religious capital of middle Kingdom and new
kingdom Egypt It's the premier travel destination in Upper
Egypt.
And has often been called The world's greatest open air
museum filled with awe-inspiring monuments of The
ancient civilization and has much to offer visitors from
vast temples and Ancient royal tombs to spectacular
desert The Nile divided Luxor to two banks.One the east
bank in the city of the living (Karnak and Luxor temple
and the modern hotel Bazaars, horse drawn carriage,
feluccas. The west bank in the City of the dead (valley
of King, valley of queen and Valley of the Nobles)
this makes the link between past and present.
Now from the first moment you arrive Luxor airport you
well see the new airport building and when you come down
from
the airport you
can see part of the new causeway as you go over a bridge coming into Luxor town. There are also open areas,
especially to the north of the temple, where buildings have
been cleared. The area around the temple itself is much
tidier and largely paved, including a large decoratively
paved area between the temple and the road to the station.
And the same for the old market which has been cleared. And
it only for a pedestrian area
New Mubarak Heritage Center Is a recent building and
Opened by president Mubarak It is situated at the junction
between
the airport road and sphinx
avenue.
The Center is established with the aim of orienting
Luxor’s tourists with Egypt’s cultural heritage. The
center is operated by state-of-the-art ICT tools to
delineate the Egyptian civilization throughout age.
The center offers you an interesting Panorama of
culture (Cultrama) with interactive showcase of
the documentation of pharaonic, Coptic, Islamic,
natural and modern Egyptian heritage .This panorama
is the first of its kind in the world. For more information visit
www.cultnat.org
www.eternalegypt.org
One of the best places in Egypt to see many of the
400 different recorded species of the Egyptian birds
Luxor is typical of the Nile
Valley with Crocodile Island the best place to see Purple
Gallinule, Senegal, Thick Knee and Nile Valley
sunbird. As Well occasional Painted Snip." Jolie
Ville Luxor Resort" Offering bird watching Safari
including the Hotel activities
