Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of Egypt's pharaohs (Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Hatshepsut, to name a few), the bulk of this ancient structure was created in the 14th ...

Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

A French Egyptologist says he has deciphered secret messages engraved on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk built during the ...

The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the French National Research Centre, and Sorbonne University— excavated ...

Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic statue ever ...

The Greeks later renamed the place Thebes—a corruption of the name of a local temple, perhaps. Nowadays we call it Luxor, from the Arabic Al-‘Uqsur, meaning “the palaces.” My guides said ...

The Temple of Luxor on the Nile.Credit: Egyptian Tourist Authority. You ought to be glued to the ship’s deck for the entire Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan, which dishes up a glorious parade ...

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A joint Egyptian-French archaeological team has uncovered a series of tombs, administrative buildings, and the first-ever evidence of an ancient educational center within Luxors historic Ramesseum ...

Sail along the historic Nile river from Aswan to Luxor, surrounded by the timeless beauty of Egypt's ancient landmarks, including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Luxor ...