The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the ...

Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum ... poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to craft the poem "Ozymandias" (the Greek ...

The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside a temple in Luxor, Egypt. But since 1836, it’s stood at Place de Concorde, a public square in Paris. The obelisk is covered in ...

Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of Egypt's pharaohs (Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Hatshepsut, to name a few), the bulk of this ancient structure was created in the 14th ...

Earthquakes, looting and Nile floods obscured much of ruler Amenhotep III's temple until ... more attention to craft and detail. It was "probably the highest-quality art Egypt ever made," says ...

The houses in Luxor seem to strive ... city was the capital of Egypt, and every pharaoh who came to power launched a new construction project within its sprawling temple complex.

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathy, hailed the mission’s efforts to uncover new secrets from the Ramesseum Temple and study the religious and societal role it played in ancient Egypt.

If you're in search of Luxor's largest ... the Karnak Temple Complex is like traveling back in time. The temples are large and offer insight into life in ancient Egypt. Keep in mind that it ...

three kilometres downstream from Luxor Temple, now linked on a restored processional Avenue of Sphinxes. Ancient Egypt’s most significant religious complex has an accumulation of 2000 years of ...