#11 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "Having visited so many corners of the world, I will always look back to our visit to Luxor as one of the best. We decided we wanted to rent bicycles and explore the city and ruins in this fashion. The four of…"
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#12 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "The Valley of the Dead contains many tombs of the ancient Kings and Queens of thousands of years ago. This area is sparsely populated and we discovered that we could cover enough ground with our bikes and have…"
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#13 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "Ramses VI
Outside you face a tall white mountain of rock. Near the base a black hole beckons you to enter one of the 64 tombs of the Valley of the Kings. It was the first tomb we entered and my first word…"
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#14 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "We saw his mummy in the Cairo Museum (it was the whitish one with half-eaten toes and fingers...supposedly salt crystals caused his skin to turn white when he drowned...perhaps as the Egyptians claim, following…"
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#15 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "Amonherkhopeshef was a little prince, being groomed by his father, Ramses III to be the next pharaoh someday. But for some reason he died around age nine. Back then it was fairly common for children to die,…"
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#16 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "Amenophis II reigned from 1427 to 1401 BC. His tomb was the 35th one discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
This tomb had just re-opened last month after being closed to the public for five years. There were…"
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#17 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
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The hotel restaurant arranged an early dinner seating for me so I could take Cairo’s ‘Metro’ to the station instead of an expensive taxi.
The overnight train from Cairo to Luxor was a fast express, diesel…"
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#18 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "The heart of any Arab town is the souk. It is the commercial centre, where all the trade takes place, and the centre of social activity.
In tourist towns like Luxor, a lot of the trade is geared towards the…"
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#19 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "Riding along the banks of the Nile at sunset is an experience not to be missed.
You set out in small groups with a local experienced rider and pass through small villages busy settling down for the evening.…"
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#20 most popular of 22 things to do in Luxor
- "The thing that strikes you first about this tomb is that all the colored images and hieroglyphics are behind a shield of dirty smudged plastic throughout the tomb. Only one small area, near a pillar where the…"
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