Photo for Today - Luxor Temple just before sunset
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Photo for Today - Luxor Temple just before sunset



The top levels of the Sun Court of Amenhotep III,
showing cartouches of the pharaoh.
The Sun Court has double rows of 60 papyrus-topped columns.
This is where the Luxor Cachette was found in 1989,
a collection of 26 gorgeous statues now in a special wing
of the Luxor Museum.





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