Capital of the Pharaohs

Photo essay: The Museum that is Luxor

by Keyvan Tabari
28-Feb-2011
 
Luxor is where Egypt showcases its antiquities. In what is called the largest outdoor museum in the world, the monuments to life and afterlife in ancient Egypt are on display. There are temples to worship gods, temples to worship pharaohs, and tombs of pharaohs so designed as to enable them to travel after death with gods in the underworld. The monuments were built over many centuries in this long-lasting pharaonic religious capital. Their remaining walls, columns, statutes, and reliefs stand as witness to times long bygone. Even the scars they bear tell tales >>> full text
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A CULTURE HI-JACKED BY ARABS

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 BEAUTIFUL & fascinating ,,how did they put their art works and history on walls ,

later Arabs and Islam  hi-jacked Egyptian culture.

Sam I Am


Esfand Aashena

Very interesting photos with descriptions.

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Everything is sacred


Azadeh Azad

Very interesting

by Azadeh Azad on

Thank you, Keyvan. It felt a little bit like being there.

Azadeh