Luxor Museum Egypt information, tours, prices, booking
Luxor Museum Egypt opened in 1975 and in Luxor, Egypt. In fact, the Museum of Luxor contains a modest collection of the highest quality artworks. The artworks date back to the Predynastic Period right through to the Islamic era. Moreover, the modern building is spacious with plenty of room to move around. The displayed objects and sculpture in peaceful low lit surroundings at the museum. Luxor Museum Egypt indeed is the perfect place to spend a hot morning in Luxor. Furthermore, Luxor Museum built in two levels with a ramp leading from the ground floor to the upper floor. It contains artifacts from around the Theban area. There are many of the free standing granite statues at the museum. They depict kings, queens who left their images in the Theban temples. The Tutankhamun well represented by some of the objects from his tomb in Valley of the Kings.
These objects are not currently on display at Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Included among these is the famous majestic head of cow goddess. It is of resin and gilded wood. In fact, it is one of the first items the visitor will see when entering the museum. Furthermore, Luxor Museum Egypt also features exhibits of funerary stelae, offering tables, papyri and tomb furniture. It also features a cartonage mummy case and many small statuettes and shabtis. In glass cases in the center of the upper floor are smaller objects. They are such as jewelry, funerary and ritual items and artifacts from daily life. One of the main features on the upper floor is a reconstructed wall. It is from a temple of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten).
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The small decorated sandstone blocks discovered when the ninth pylon at Karnak temple dismantled. It was for reconstruction work, where they had used as infill in the original building of the pylon. Over 40,000 decorated blocks from Amenhotep IV’s early Karnak building works found. Only those from the ninth pylon well preserved. They preserved enough to allow their accurate reconstruction. Next to the talatat is a sandstone head from a colossal Osirid statue of Amenhotep IV from Karnak. It mounted on the wall of Luxor Museum. An extension built a few years ago houses a collection of statues found in the ‘Luxor Cachette’. These beautiful sculptures unearthed when a colonnade at Luxor Temple dismantled. It was for reconstruction in 1989.
They had buried (for reasons unknown) in the floor of the courtyard. It is where they lay forgotten for over 2000 years. Many of these statues today look as though they have just come out of a sculptor’s workshop. Another long-awaited new annex to Luxor Museum Egypt has now completed. It is this spacious addition. It houses many artifacts new to the museum, as well as some of the artworks from the original galleries. The main section of the extension has a military theme. It partly devoted to Egypt’s glorious empire. The long hall has two glass covered niches. They are the new resting places for the mummies of two great warrior kings – Ahmose.
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Ahmose is founder of the New Kingdom. The main gallery at Luxor Museum Egypt also includes weaponry. Moreover, it also includes a hunting chariot of Tutankhamun. The upper level contains some superb statues and several old favorites. They relocated from other areas of the museum. It is besides to many fascinating objects related to technology and the arts. Furthermore, the new facilities include a visitor center, bookshop and cafeteria. The museum set in a lit and temperature controlled environment. It is a dramatic showpiece for ancient Egyptian cultural heritage.
How to get to the Museum:
The museum located on the Nile Corniche in Luxor. Moreover, it is a few hundred meters north of the tourist bazaar and the Etap Hotel. It is open daily from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm in winter. Hours may change in summer.
