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Luxor in Egypt: best things to do with kids in luxor

 



Luxor in Egypt by Dina Tharwat


Luxor in egypt


Luxor


So, if you are asking about


What is the best attraction in Luxor in Egypt? 

what are the best day trips from Luxor in Egypt?

What are the most popular things to do in luxor with kids ?


This article may help you 





Rumium


 It was built by King Ramses the Second Ramsium Temple and it is located in the Al Baragarbi area and is considered one of the funerary temples. The temple contains huge statues of King Ramses II and some inscriptions on the walls that illustrate the life in that era and the battle of Kadesh and the Hittites and his method of planning the war and the reasons for his success in the battle.

 The temple is surrounded by a huge wall, and there are four flags of the media facade, and at the entrance there are remnants of scenes indicating the relationship of King Ramses with the various gods as Amun, Horus, Hathor, Ptah, and Maat.

 In the south of the temple there is an inscription of the king inside his vehicle as he fights the Hittites while he holds his enemies and strikes them severely and also annihilates the spies of the Hittites, and next to the inscriptions of wars there are other inscriptions representing the celebration of the harvest of the crop and inscriptions representing the religious rites and offerings that the king offers to the gods at the temple.


 Mummification Museum


 The museum is located at the Nile Corniche and the museum offers the secrets of embalming to the ancient Egyptians and how they use the materials and means intended for embalming with other creatures other than humans as an application of the science they reached, among them are crocodiles, cats and fish.

 The museum includes many exhibits as pictures of ancient Egypt's gods, organic materials, some mummies for cats, fish, crocodiles, mummification materials, means used for mummification, statues placed inside cemeteries, some amulets, the sarcophagus of the Ammon Valley, and the Mashariet mummy. This mummy is the only human in the museum.

 Thousands of tourists visit the museum annually to see the progress of the mummification art of the ancient Egyptians.





Colossi of Memnon


They are among the most famous Egyptian monuments, and they were left from a temple built to commemorate King Amenhotep the Third. The statues are located in the west of Luxor.

 Their name was named by the Greeks when one of them was destroyed and a voice similar to the voice of the hero Memnon who was killed in the war of his parade was destroyed. Their height is 21 meters, and therefore they are called the giant Memnon.


The funerary temple of Amenemhat the Third


There is in the western mainland of the city of Luxor in the area of ​​Kom Whales. It was built by King Amenhotep the Third to worship the god Amun, and it was destroyed by King Merneptah, the openness of the son of King Ramses II after he was standing for a hundred and a half centuries.

 Architects used white sandstone to build the temple, and it was decorated with gold and its floors with silver and they put  statues carved from the granite for the king into the portico at the gala.

 When the earthquake of 27 BC led to the fall of the upper part of the statue on the northern side of the temple, and in 200 AD Emperor Septimus Severus restored the statue again and the emperor named it Memnon in relation to Memnon son of Ayus, the supreme leader of the Ethiopians for the battle of Tarouda.




 Banana Island


 It is on the western mainland of Luxor in Egypt in which you can  enjoy the attractive rural atmosphere, where many tourists go to see the nature and they are escorted by Nile boats to stay inside the island for a few hours and take memorial photos, and there are many fruit trees that offer fruits to visitors and has inside them an old stalk and brushes made of trees in the middle of the island  .


Howard Carter's home


 He is the scientist who became famous after the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun and he has lived in it for 15 years and inside the house there are tools that they used to search for mummies and cemeteries and some of its images during excavation and achievements, the most important of which is the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 AD


 The ancient mosque


 The ancient mosque is located in the Luxor Governorate in the Isna region that was built in the Fatimid era and is considered the first mosque that was built and the shape of the outer and inner mosque has been changed except for the minaret that is found in the tribal corner in the west and is in its form as it was before with some minor changes in  The base was built by Saif al-Islam Nasser.


The city of Habo


 It was built by King Ramses III to worship the god Amun, establish religious rituals, offer sacrifices and establish funerary rituals, and it was built along the lines of the architectural style of ancient Syria and was established in 3200 BC. It is still preserved with walls, ceilings and colors as well

 It was before and there is inside the city the Habo Temple, which is one of the largest temples in the ancient state, and inside it there are internal and external walls, a hall for celebrations, and a place for priests to sit and sleep in, called the Holy Mass.


International Park in Luxor


 The international park is located in the Esna region in the south of Luxor in Egypt , and it consists of a group of islands in the middle of the Nile. It was built by the Italian  in 1990 AD and the garden is divided into several sections, including the circular garden full of trees, and the common garden through which tourists can see new arches that are at a close distance  Very from the garden, which makes them enjoy seeing the arches and producing and generating electricity from the turbines in the arches. Attaching to the garden is an agricultural museum, rare photos of the construction of old arches and a small library.

 It also includes restaurants, cafeterias, and a tourist marina.


 Flying balloon trips


 There are balloon flights or flying balloon in the west ofLuxor in Egypt and these trips have spread directly to the city of Luxor and Egyptians and tourists flock to see the city of Luxor from above as it is one of the thrill and adventure trips that may not be found in the rest of Egypt. 


Canoeing and water sports club in Luxor


Luxor in Egypt is not only the city of antiquities, but that the Nile that is conducted by it helps to establish types of tourism that satisfy the desires of tourists in the diversity between cultural, Nile and recreational tourism. Therefore, the city of Luxor built this club directly on the Nile River and the possibility of renting Nile sails or touring the river bus or watching ships and hotels  Floating on the Nile in Luxor.


 City Monastery


 The monastery of the city is located between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, and it is a building consisting of pharaonic houses and tombs that were built by the Kings for the workers who are credited with highlighting the beauty of Luxor and contributing to adding beauty to it.

 Deir el-Medina helped historians learn a great deal about the class of workers in ancient Pharaonic times and the most important ritual of their lives, and they numbered then more than five thousand people.

 The funerary temple of the first city

 It is located in the western mainland of  of Luxor in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians called it the Great Temple of Abydos. This temple was established to worship all gods and did not specify a god of its kind. The Pharaoh City started building it and his son Ramses II finished it. It was built in the shape of the letter L and Ramses II built a special funerary temple  Its near the temple of his father, the first city.

 The temple is characterized by walls that have distinctive reliefs and are different from the other temples, and the original colors were used, which witnessed the ingenuity, art, and mastery of the ancient Egyptians.


 Luxor markets


Luxor in Egypt has it's market built  on the Khan el-Khalili style in Cairo, which included many tourist attractions and shops selling pharaonic sculptures, antiques, antiques and handicrafts.

 It has been developed more than once in order to suit the tourist attractions and work to attract them to encourage recreational tourism in Luxor.

 It also sells Pharaonic clothes, takes souvenir photos, and provides original Arabic perfumes and perfumes.


 Nada Land Park


 There is a dew in the El Bayady area in Luxor, which is a recreational park that allows large numbers of families and individuals to enjoy the natural scenery and see live wild animals, as well as stuffed animals, fish, and artificial lakes. It has recently been taken care of and added many animals such as monkeys, turtles, crocodiles, deer and birds.

 There is also a theme park for children to enjoy their day and games are not only for children, but also enable adults to enjoy their rides.


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