The Ancient City of Thebes, now called
Luxor
Upper Egypt
Tuthmosis
III, Eighteenth Dynasty, 1479-1425 B. C.
Luxor Temple
Guardians
of the Temple of Luxor
Hypostyle
Hall
Hypostyle
Hall
Avenue
of sphinxes connecting Luxor Temple to Karnak
Ramses
II
Ramses
II
Ramp,
showing ancient method of construction
Karnak Temple
Colonade
of the God Osiris
Avenue
of Ram-Headed Sphinxes
Detail
Temple
to Ramses II
Valley of the Kings
The Necropolis on the West Bank of
Thebes
Valley of the Nobles
Paintings in a tomb depicting the trip to the
afterlife:
Scene
1
Scene
2
Scene
3
Scene
4
British Museum,
London
Papyrus
manuscripts depicting the Book of the Dead
Papyrus,
Book of the Dead
Mummy
Mummy
cases
Mummy
cases
Mummy
cases
Le Louvre, Paris
Akhenaton
Painting
from a tomb
Shabtis
Luxor Museum
Pharoah
Pharoah
Akhenaton
The
Metropolitan Museum of New York