Ancient Egyptian sacred sites in Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon, Luxor

Al Baairat Village, Luxor, Egypt

For centuries, one of these colossal statues sang at sunrise. Greeks and Romans traveled to Egypt specifically to hear the voice, which they believed was the hero Memnon...

Luxor Temple, Luxor

Luxor, Luxor, Egypt

Luxor Temple has never stopped being a place of worship. The pharaohs built it for divine renewal. The Romans converted it to emperor worship....

Medinet Habu (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III), Luxor

Al Baairat Village, Luxor, Egypt

Medinet Habu holds what other Egyptian monuments have lost. The mortuary temple of Ramesses III preserves over 7,000 square meters of wall reliefs still bearing their...

Temple of Hatshepsut

Luxor, Luxor, Egypt

Hatshepsut declared herself pharaoh in a world that reserved that title for men....

Temple of Karnak

Old Karnak, Luxor, Egypt

Karnak Temple Complex covers 247 acres of accumulated sacred architecture—the work of approximately thirty pharaohs over two millennia....

Temple of Khnum, Esna

Esna, Luxor, Egypt

The Temple of Khnum sits in an excavation pit nine meters below modern Esna, a literal descent through millennia of accumulated civilization....

Temple of Ptah

Part of Temple of Karnak

Luxor, Luxor, Egypt

Hidden in Karnak's northern corner, the Temple of Ptah offers what the vast complex cannot: intimate encounter....