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Luxor Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian-American archaeological mission has achieved a significant breakthrough in the South Asasif necropolis near Luxor. Image credit: South Asasif Conservation Project They
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Places
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The tomb of Neferhotep, a renowned scribe of Amun from the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Pharaoh Ay (1327-1323 BC), was finally
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the ongoing restoration works of Esna Temple in Luxor , the Egyptian-German archaeologists additionally uncovered more original reliefs and engravings on the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists excavating in Egypt have made a major archaeological discovery. In the heart of the southern city of Luxor, the Egyptian archaeological team
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists excavating in Luxor, Egypt, has announced the discovery of a mysterious ancient tomb. According to Mostafa Waziri, head of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient temple of Khnum at Esna in Luxor, Egypt, continues to reveal its secrets. Scientists have been busy restoring the Esna Temple for some
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Situated in Luxor, about 6 km from the Valley of the Kings, the Habu Temple is one of the most important Egyptian temples.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While carrying out recent restoration works on the statues of Memnon and the "Temple of Millions of Years" on the western mainland in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPAges.com - Archaeologists excavating in Egypt are used to finding ancient mummies, but this discovery is different. An odd, half-mummy unearthed in the necropolis in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time in modern history, we are now able to see the colorfully detailed inscriptions on the ceilings and walls at
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - King Amenhotep III, also known as Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During his reign, Egypt successfully managed to
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One would think respecting the remains of the dead should be self-evident, but it is not always so. It certainly wasn’t the case
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many spectacular structures of antiquity, such as the pyramids, temples of Luxor and Karnak, Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, and others, attest to ancient Egypt's superior civilization. Abu
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Having a high opinion of himself and believing he was destined to become a great ruler, Pharaoh Ramesses II wanted the world to
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many amazing archaeological discoveries have been made in the Land of The Pharaohs. Still, archaeologists cannot often find nearly intact burials filled with
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Egypt continues to reveal some of its ancient secrets. Archaeologists have announced they have unearthed the Lost Golden City of Pharaoh Amenhotep III
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - To archaeologists, Luxor is a dream. To tourists, it’s a wonderful place offering the best glimpses into the ancient Egyptian world one can
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A number of mud-brick Roman ovens and a large wall from the Egyptian Late Period have been unearthed at the Avenue of Sphinxes
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In The Valley of the Queens there is an enormous and spectacular ancient tomb that belongs to Queen Nefertari (1290–1224 BC). Nefertari Meritmut, whose
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - Ancient Pages.com - Earlier this year, archaeologists excavated in Luxor, Egypt where they uncovered a small wooden coffin belonging to a woman who was about
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Three wooden coffins have been uncovered in the courtyard of Padiaménopé tomb (TT 33), by an archaeological team led by from the Institut
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - At least 20 ancient wooden coffins have been discovered in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, according to Egypt's Antiquities Ministry, reports Yahoo. The
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 workshops in the industrial area. At the site, there are houses for storage and the cleaning of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A new large sphinx has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt. The ancient statue has a "lion's body with a human head". According to Egyptian officials, the ministry
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Four canopic jars dating to the 26th Dynasty have been unearthed in a tomb located in the South Asasif necropolis on Luxor’s west bank., reports Ahram Online. Archaeologists in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A mummy wrapped in linen that probably belongs to a top official was discovered in one of two smaller previously unexplored tombs located in the southern city
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 4,000-year-old funerary garden has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt. This is the first such garden ever to be found and its analysis will provide valuable information
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Almost no other site in Egypt is more impressive and fascinating than Karnak. Karnak Temples at Luxor as seen from the air. Credit:
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Akhenaten is one of the most famous rulers in the Land of Pharaohs and he still remains a unique and controversial figure in the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A unique statue, possibly of Queen Tiye, the wife of King Amenhotep III and grandmother of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed at her husband's funerary temple in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of German archaeologists has discovered parts from 66 statues of the lion-headed Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet. The archaeologists unearthed the statues during excavations in the area
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The sarcophagus of Ankh-f-n-khonsu, a high priest of the ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra, has been unearthed in the west bank of Luxor,
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