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Thomas Cook Tour Party - LuxorA party of travellers on a Thomas Cook tour pose in front the wonderful Temple of Columns at Luxor; their local guides wait patiently whilst tending to the camel and donkey. late 1880s
Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through AfricaCover illustration for Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through Africa. A map of Europe and Africa shows the route from Cairo to the Cape and the stopping places en route -- Port Said, Luxor
Carrying water - Luxor, EgyptLuxor, Egypt - Native girl carrying water on her head in a large amphora
Lanteen-rigged Dhows, Luxor, Egypt, 1884Engraving of a riverside scene at Luxor, Egypt, showing a number of dhows under sails and oars and, in the background, several boats being built on the shore
Luxor Hotel / Egypt / C. 1970The front of the Luxor Hotel with Arabic arches and palmtrees
Obelisk at LuxorThe remaining in situ obelisk before the main front entrance to the Temple at Luxor. The sister obelisk was moved to the Place de la Concorde in Paris
Rameses Ii / Carving / LuxorRAMESES II (THE GREAT) Wall carving of Rameses II at the Temple of Luxor
Luxor Temple (Detail)The front Pylon at Luxor showing the massive seated statues of Rameses II and the empty base of the obelisk now standing in the Place de la Concorde, Paris
Luxor Temple ColumnsThe distinctive shape of the columns of the Temple at Luxor. This view shows evidence of the later re-use of the site in the apse of a Christian Church at the rear
Luxor (Front View)The Great front Pylon of Luxor Temple, which originally was fronted by 6 statues of Rameses II, two sitting and four standing. Built around 1250 BC
Luxor / Lotus ColumnsLuxor Temple - Lotus Flower pillars, testament to the grandiose design of Egyptian religious buildings of this period
Rameses Ii / Luxor StatueRAMESES II (THE GREAT) surviving carved head at the Luxor Temple site
Luxor Columns (Shadows)The papyriform pillars (shaped in the form of the papyrus plant) with dramatic shadows in the evening light
Luxor Temple CourtyardLuxor Temple; courtyard surrounded by pillars and statues of Rameses II. The two tourists give a good idea of the immense scale of the carved figures
Luxor Temple / EgyptSome of the massive papyriform columns and one of the immense statues of Rameses II at Luxor
Temple of Luxor / EgyptA detail looking through the front Pylon at Luxor toward the columned hall beyond. The two weathered forms of Rameses II sit in stately pose behind the one remaining obelisk
Rameses II & NefertitiRAMESES II (THE GREAT) with Queen Nefertiti shown making an offering to the Sun God Amun on a wall relief at the Temple of Luxor
Hypostyle HallThe Papyrus pillars of the Great HYPOSTYLE HALL, at sunset. Begun in the reign of Rameses I and completed in the reign of Rameses II, Karnak Thebes (modern Luxor), Egypt
Temple of LuxorGiant, seated statues of RAMESES II ( The Great ), in front of the Pylon of the AMUN TEMPLE (TEMPLE OF LUXOR), Thebes (modern Luxor ) Egypt
Goddess HathorPillar depicting the Egyptian goddess HATHOR, in the Hathor Chapel of the Hatshepsut (or Hashepsowe) Temple - Deir el- Bahri - Thebes (Luxor), Egypt
Treasure Found by HowardPart of the treasures found by Howard Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor
Mosque in Luxor TempleA view of the Temple of Luxor, showing the later mosque built into the ruins
EGYPT / LUXOR / 1909Luxor: near the Winter Palace Hotel
Raising TreasureRaising the treasures found by Howard Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor
Sarcophagus / HowardHoward Carter confronts the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor