Egypt
- A Towering Tribute To The Gods: Karnak
U.S. News In 1799, French soldiers trudged south along the Nile, dispatched by the Emperor Napoleon to secure Upper Egypt. With them were artists, engineers, and scientists, commissioned to sketch and record everything they saw. On January 27, they caught...
- Luxor's Resurrection
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/846/eg5.htm Nevine el-Aref reports on Mrs Suzanne Mubarak's visit to Luxor, during which she inaugurated a branch of the Mubarak Public Library and opened a Nubian Cultural Centre: "Luxor is often described as the world's...
- Travel: Cairo, Luxor And Aswan
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May202007/sundayherald200705192604.asp"No wonder, Luxor has been referred to as the world’s greatest open-air museum. We arrived in the wee hours of the morn and instead of crawling back into bed, sat spellbound at...
- More Re Qurna Relocation
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7166A lengthy article about the relocation of the inhabitants of Qurna on the West Bank at Luxor, in order to provide access to archaeological sites. It repeats much of what has already been said, emphasising...
- Making Luxor Into A Living Museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6683Dr. Samir Farag, president of the Supreme Council of Luxor, has big plans for his city and the wealth of antiquities there. One plan is to restore the road connecting Luxor and Karnak. Stretching over...
Egypt
Nile Be Back
http://tinyurl.com/dbrbl (The Mirror)
Travel article: "Heading back to Luxor to rejoin our cruiser Viking III we passed a village where little has changed since their ancestors built the tombs. There are mudbrick houses - roofless as there is no rain - and doorless as there's little to steal. Luxor, or Thebes as it was known to the ancients, is a bustling city dominated by two massive temples. Karnak and Luxor Temples loom on the horizon but close up the scale is daunting. Everything here was built to reflect the status of the pharaohs. Karnak was called "Ipet-Isut" - 'The Most Perfect of Places' - and covers 100 acres. As you delve deep into the temple the monuments get older."
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- A Towering Tribute To The Gods: Karnak
U.S. News In 1799, French soldiers trudged south along the Nile, dispatched by the Emperor Napoleon to secure Upper Egypt. With them were artists, engineers, and scientists, commissioned to sketch and record everything they saw. On January 27, they caught...
- Luxor's Resurrection
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/846/eg5.htm Nevine el-Aref reports on Mrs Suzanne Mubarak's visit to Luxor, during which she inaugurated a branch of the Mubarak Public Library and opened a Nubian Cultural Centre: "Luxor is often described as the world's...
- Travel: Cairo, Luxor And Aswan
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May202007/sundayherald200705192604.asp"No wonder, Luxor has been referred to as the world’s greatest open-air museum. We arrived in the wee hours of the morn and instead of crawling back into bed, sat spellbound at...
- More Re Qurna Relocation
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7166A lengthy article about the relocation of the inhabitants of Qurna on the West Bank at Luxor, in order to provide access to archaeological sites. It repeats much of what has already been said, emphasising...
- Making Luxor Into A Living Museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6683Dr. Samir Farag, president of the Supreme Council of Luxor, has big plans for his city and the wealth of antiquities there. One plan is to restore the road connecting Luxor and Karnak. Stretching over...