Ancient sites of Luxor Index.


		Ancient Sites of Luxor

In this section we will eventually cover all the ancient sites of Luxor but this will take some time to complete so we have started with the sites that are less frequently visited.

Luxor Tombs Index is just below with Luxor Temples Index further down this page followed by Other Sites of Interest.

Luxor ~ TOMBS ~ Index

The Theban Tombs There are so many Theban Tombs that they demand an index page of their own. These are the private tombs of the most important people of Luxor many of which worked closely with the pharaoh of the time. To find our more about the tombs that you can visit

Tomb of Ay This 18th dynasty tomb was originally being built for Tutankhamun but was used by his general Ay. This tomb is outside of the Valley of the Kings. For more information

Prince Khaemwaset At the time of his death he was the eldest son of Ramses III and he is buried in the Valley of the Queens where you can visit his tomb and it is worth a visit. to see his tomb.

Tutankhamun Buried in the Valley of the Kings where you can still - for the time being at least - visit his tomb. Here we have some of our pictures of his treasures from the Cairo Museum. There are even a couple of Tutankhamun desktops for you. to see more.

Luxor ~ TEMPLES ~ Index

Temple of Seti I Seti was an extremely powerful and long lived pharaoh and father to the greatest pharaoh of all - Ramses II. to find out more about this important though seldom visited temple.

Medinet Habu Medinet Habu is the mortuary temple of Ramses III to see more pictures of this, our favourite temple.

Hatshepsut Temple The temple of Queen Hatshepsut. to see the pictures of this temple.

Ramesseum Temple to see the remains of the temple of Ramses II.

Temple of Merenptah to see the remains of this temple of the thirteenth son of Ramses II who became pharaoh after his father's death.

Temple of Mut at Karnak This temple is dedicated to Mut, the wife of the god of gods Amun and is linked to Karnak temple by and avenue of ram-headed sphinxes. To see more

The Temples dedicated to the God Montu
The ancient falcon headed god Montu had his cult centre in ancient Luxor and there are temples dedicated to him within the Karnak complex as well as at Medamud and Tod all on the east bank of the Nile as well as Armant on the west bank.
Medamud The temple to Montu at Medamud is not open to visitors but is easily seen from the village road that goes around it. To see this temple to the god Montu which is on a site that pre-dates the mighty Karnak Temple

Tod Tod is just to the south of Luxor on the east bank of the Nile. This seldom visited temple is perhaps the best preserved temple to the god Montu. To see more

Luxor ~ Other Sites of Interest ~ Index

Howard Carter's House

This was the home of Howard Carter when he was in Luxor during the time that the archeologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. The black and white images that were taken at the time by Harry Burton were developed in the darkroom within this house. to see more.

Deir El Medina

Deir El Medina is the workers village and these are the homes of the workers that built and decorated the tombs of the pharaohs but in their free time they built their own tombs. There is also a ptolemaic temple and large well. To find out more