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Luxor Collection (page 9)

Background imageLuxor Collection: Thomas Cook Tour Party - Luxor

Thomas Cook Tour Party - Luxor
A 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through Africa

Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through Africa
Cover 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Carrying water - Luxor, Egypt

Carrying water - Luxor, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt - Native girl carrying water on her head in a large amphora

Background imageLuxor Collection: Lanteen-rigged Dhows, Luxor, Egypt, 1884

Lanteen-rigged Dhows, Luxor, Egypt, 1884
Engraving 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Hotel / Egypt / C. 1970

Luxor Hotel / Egypt / C. 1970
The front of the Luxor Hotel with Arabic arches and palmtrees

Background imageLuxor Collection: Obelisk at Luxor

Obelisk at Luxor
The 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Rameses Ii / Carving / Luxor

Rameses Ii / Carving / Luxor
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) Wall carving of Rameses II at the Temple of Luxor

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Temple (Detail)

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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Temple Columns

Luxor Temple Columns
The 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor (Front View)

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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor / Lotus Columns

Luxor / Lotus Columns
Luxor Temple - Lotus Flower pillars, testament to the grandiose design of Egyptian religious buildings of this period

Background imageLuxor Collection: Rameses Ii / Luxor Statue

Rameses Ii / Luxor Statue
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) surviving carved head at the Luxor Temple site

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Columns (Shadows)

Luxor Columns (Shadows)
The papyriform pillars (shaped in the form of the papyrus plant) with dramatic shadows in the evening light

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Temple Courtyard

Luxor Temple Courtyard
Luxor 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Luxor Temple / Egypt

Luxor Temple / Egypt
Some of the massive papyriform columns and one of the immense statues of Rameses II at Luxor

Background imageLuxor Collection: Temple of Luxor / Egypt

Temple of Luxor / Egypt
A 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Rameses II & Nefertiti

Rameses II & Nefertiti
RAMESES II (THE GREAT) with Queen Nefertiti shown making an offering to the Sun God Amun on a wall relief at the Temple of Luxor

Background imageLuxor Collection: Hypostyle Hall

Hypostyle Hall
The 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

Background imageLuxor Collection: Temple of Luxor

Temple of Luxor
Giant, seated statues of RAMESES II ( The Great ), in front of the Pylon of the AMUN TEMPLE (TEMPLE OF LUXOR), Thebes (modern Luxor ) Egypt

Background imageLuxor Collection: Goddess Hathor

Goddess Hathor
Pillar depicting the Egyptian goddess HATHOR, in the Hathor Chapel of the Hatshepsut (or Hashepsowe) Temple - Deir el- Bahri - Thebes (Luxor), Egypt

Background imageLuxor Collection: Treasure Found by Howard

Treasure Found by Howard
Part of the treasures found by Howard Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor

Background imageLuxor Collection: Mosque in Luxor Temple

Mosque in Luxor Temple
A view of the Temple of Luxor, showing the later mosque built into the ruins

Background imageLuxor Collection: EGYPT / LUXOR / 1909

EGYPT / LUXOR / 1909
Luxor: near the Winter Palace Hotel

Background imageLuxor Collection: Raising Treasure

Raising Treasure
Raising the treasures found by Howard Carter at the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor

Background imageLuxor Collection: Sarcophagus / Howard

Sarcophagus / Howard
Howard Carter confronts the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor



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