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Luxor Temple stands on the east bank of the Nile in the centre of Luxor and was built mainly by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II from around 1400 BC. A single obelisk and colossal statues of Ramesses II flank its entrance pylon. Inside are colonnaded courts, Roman-era wall paintings and the Abu Haggag Mosque built into the ruins.
Karnak is a vast temple complex on the east bank of the Nile, about 2.5 km north of central Luxor, dedicated mainly to the god Amun. Building began under Senusret I around 1950 BC and continued into the Ptolemaic period. Visitors walk through pylons, courts, obelisks and the Great Hypostyle Hall with its 134 columns.
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Ramesses II on Luxor's west bank, built in the 13th century BC. Parts of its hypostyle hall, a row of Osiride pillars and the toppled fragments of a colossal statue of the king remain. Reliefs on the pylons show the Battle of Kadesh, and mud-brick storerooms surround the temple.
Howard Carter House is the domed mudbrick house on Luxor's west bank that the British archaeologist built in 1910 and lived in when he found the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. It opened as a museum in 2009 and was restored in 2022; a replica of Tutankhamun's burial chamber stands in the grounds.
Medinet Habu is the mortuary temple of Ramesses III on Luxor's west bank, built in the 12th century BC inside a walled enclosure entered through a gatehouse modelled on a Syrian fortress. Its pylons and walls carry deeply cut reliefs of the king's wars, including battles against the Sea Peoples, and some ceilings keep their original colour.
The Temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari on Luxor's west bank, built for the female pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC. Three colonnaded terraces joined by ramps rise against the limestone cliffs. Its reliefs show the expedition to the land of Punt and the queen's divine birth.
The Valley of the Kings is a desert wadi on Luxor's west bank where rock-cut tombs were dug for pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom, from about 1539 to 1075 BC. Some 65 tombs and chambers are known, including that of Tutankhamun. A rotating selection is open, with painted corridors leading down to the burial chambers.
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