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Make the most of a short stay in Egypt with this 2-day Luxor break, designed to showcase some of the city’s most remarkable ancient treasures. With arrival assistance, overnight accommodation, and guided sightseeing included, it’s an easy way to experience the highlights of Luxor in a limited time.
Discover the vast Karnak Temple Complex on the East Bank, then cross the Nile to explore the West Bank’s legendary sites, including the Valley of the Kings, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon. This compact itinerary combines history, archaeology, and culture in one unforgettable short escape.
Discover the vast Karnak Temple Complex on the East Bank, then cross the Nile to explore the West Bank’s legendary sites, including the Valley of the Kings, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.
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Karnak Temple Complex
Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) north of Luxor.
West Bank Visits
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, it is a valley in Egypt for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).
Hatshepsut temple
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also known as the Djoser-Djeseru, is a mortuary temple of Ancient Egypt located in Upper Egypt. Built for the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut, it is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings. This mortuary temple is dedicated to Amun and Hatshepsut and is situated next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, which served both as an inspiration and later, a quarry. It is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt."
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Dynasty XVIII. Since 1350 BCE, they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
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