On a trip to Egypt, I found that Luxor, once the ancient capital of Thebes, held more fascinating ancient ruins, burial sites, and temples than Giza. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The English writer Amelia Edwards, who traveled through Egypt in the 1870s, described Karnak as "a place ... of which no writing and no art can convey more than a dwarfed and pallid impression." ...

What care I that some millions of wretched Israelites died tinder Pharaoh's lash or Egypt's sun? It was well that they died that I might have the pyramids to look on, or to fill a musing ...

Almost every temple in Egypt was rebuilt, redecorated or expanded . In Thebes, the great temple to Amen-Re gained a new entrance with four colossi of the pharaoh, to remind people who was in charge.

bickmore lectures on luxor, karnak, and thebes. A Sacred Edifice Three Times the Size of St. Peter's -- An Obelisk Covered with Burnished Gold -- Record of Israel's Captivity. Share full article ...

Egypt on Thursday opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-filled avenue in the Southern city of Luxor to great fanfare, having wrapped up restoration works that took over seven decades to ...

The defining royal lines, by Aidan Dodson. Twelve Great Dynasties of Egypt Gallery. By Dr Aidan Dodson Last updated 2011-02-17 ...

Twelve Great Dynasties of Egypt Gallery. By Dr Aidan Dodson Last updated 2011-02-17 ...