Luxor Museum

We make our way a few blocks up the Corniche by hantour (horse-drawn buggies) to Luxor's small but famous museum. In regard to its layout, lighting, labelling and pieces on display this is one of the finest museums in all Egypt.

Take your time to marvel at: some of Tutankhamun's funerary goods (including a head of the goddess Hathor, whose temple we will visit on Day 19); a most beautiful statue of Tuthmosis III; reconstructed elements of Akhenaten's temples; statues of Akhenaten himself that will intrigue you; an alabaster statue of Amenhotep III and the crocodile god Sobek; and exquisite statues discovered in the ruins of Luxor Temple in 1989.

The Museum's new wing, dedicated to Egypt's ancient technology, has recently been opened. In addition to weapons of war and writing instruments the wing includes wonderful statuary and the mummies of king Ahmose and another, possibly of Ramesses I.

Amenhotep III (left) - Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (right), Luxor Museum