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