Tag: Types of tourism attractions in Egypt

1. Luxor Luxor and Thebes is the main city of the pharaohs. The names of the most famous pharaohs are associated with Luxor: Ramses, Tutankhamun, Seth, Amenophis, Thutmose, who left here monuments of monumental architecture. Luxor occupies a special place in ancient Egyptian history during the new kingdom, where it was the capital of the entire Egyptian empire. Luxor is the scene where the story of Amenhoteb III “Akhenaten” was played out - the first pharaoh who called all people to monotheism, to the god Aton. Luxor is 400 miles from Cairo. The Nile River divides it into two parts: East Luxor - the city of the living, where the pharaohs lived and built their prayer temples dedicated to the god Amon. West Luxor is the city of the dead, where funerary temples and tombs are carved into the mountain. The modern city is located on the site of Thebes, the former capital of Ancient Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdoms, and therefore has the glory of "the largest open-air museum. All new finds of archaeologists exhibited at the Luxor Museum of Antiquities (opened in 1975) Luxor is the most popular tourist center of Egypt. The abundance of monuments of ancient Egyptian architecture provides a visit to Luxor by hundreds of thousands of tourists a year. Luxor has an international airport and for most Nile cruises, Luxor is the starting point or end point. Check Luxor Tours 2. Aswan Aswan located on the Nile about a thousand kilometers south of Cairo, Aswan has been a trading center on the caravan route for many centuries. The ancient Egyptians called him Swin, and the Greeks Siena. Ivory and other goods from Central Africa were brought here. The economic importance of the city was especially great during the reign of the pharaohs.