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Luxor Museum

August31

Luxor Museum is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) and overlooking the River Nile, in the central part of the city.

The museum is laid open to the public in 1975. Most of the artifacts on display are the private collections compared to the artifacts in the Museum of Antiquities (Cairo City).This quality artifacts were display in uncluttered way and being tagged by using the multilingual tag.

In this museum, it shows us the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) and the 26 pieces of New Kingdom statues that were found nearby the Luxor Temple in 1989. There are also the royal mummies of two pharaohs which is the Ahmose I and Ramesses I. Thus, Luxor Museum is a good place to visit. In this museum, tourists will see all the mysterious ancient artifacts. In fact, most of these artifacts are amazing and well preserved.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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This photo is a statue of Amenophis III with the god Sobek, and was discovered in 1967 at the bottom of a canal, near a village on the west bank. This picture posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by Dominique Schreckling.

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Luxor Museum, Luxor posted by  Dominique Schreckling.

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