before we know valley of the nobles ,  A tomb is a closed space designed to hold the dead along with their possessions. Ancient Egyptians made their tombs significant and architectural by painting colorful scenes on the walls and dividing them into chambers. The primary purpose of a tomb is to preserve the remains of…

Luxor city is the hosting home for most of the pharaonic Egyptian monuments. The city with its two banks are enrich with history and legacy that date back to thousands of years. Luxor was the chosen city by ancient Egyptian kings to be the capital during the middle and new kingdom, and to be settle…

Ancient Egyptians had unique beliefs about the afterlife. They thought life continued after death, leading to a new existence among the gods. To ensure immortality, they practiced mummification and placed bodies in secure locations to protect them from thieves. Initially, pyramids served this purpose. However, they did not always protect royal treasures as expected. Many…

Explore north of Luxor to see the well-preserved temples of Dendera Temple and Dendera Temple , known for their vivid colors. Abydos was a major pilgrimage center in ancient Egypt. It housed burials from the First and Second Dynasties, serving as a gate to the afterlife according to Egyptian beliefs. The Temple of Abydos, built…

Valley Of The Kings The Valley of the Kings is the most famous concentration of royal tombs; its main purpose was to secure the royal tombs for the pharaohs of the new kingdom since the pyramids disappointed them to protect their royal treasures from thieves and desecration. The pyramids were the traditional burials for the…

The mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut of Dynasty XVIII was built just north of the Middle Kingdom temple of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre in the bay of cliffs known as Deir el-Bahri. In ancient times the temple was called Djeser-djeseru, meaning the ‘sacred of sacred’. It was undoubtedly influenced by the style of the earlier temple at…

Karnak is the biggest temple complex in the world, covering an area of 100 hectares and there is nowhere more impressive to the first-time visitor. Much of it has been restored during the last century and our knowledge of the buildings here in different periods of Egyptian history is still increasing each year. In ancient…

Luxor Temple in Luxor City Luxor Temple in Luxor City The city of Luxor is located in the south of Egypt on the east bank of the river with 450,000 population, there’s some families belong to the dynasties of the pharaohs living in Luxor until this day, most of the citizens work at farming especially…