The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside a temple in Luxor, Egypt. But since 1836, it’s stood at Place de ...

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 ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

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 Valley of the Kings and other bucket-list Egyptian destinations offer a glimpse into millennia-old majesty and artistry ...

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 ...

Upper Egypt's Aswan and Luxor are key destinations for foreign visitors seeking cultural tourism.