It’s a now-familiar story. After five years of fruitless searching, British archaeologist Howard Carter finally in November 1922 made the discovery of the ages. Beneath the debris of the tomb
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The tomb of Tutankhamen, one of Egypt's most celebrated archaeological sites, will soon undergo study to halt the deterioration of its painted walls and.
Luxor, Arabic Al-Uqṣur, also called El-Aksur, city and capital of Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt. Luxor has given its name to the southern half of the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Area governorate, 1,080 square miles (2,800 square km); city, 160 square miles (415 square km). Pop. (2017) governorate, 1,250,209; (2018 est.) city, 127,994.
The southern part of Thebes grew up around a beautiful temple dedicated to Amon, king of the gods, his consort Mut, and their son Khons. Commissioned by King Amenhotep III (Amenophis III; reigned 1390–53 bce) of the late 18th dynasty, the temple was