Luxor Museum - Luxor-Museum

The Luxor Museum, Arabic:متحف الأقصر‎, Matḥaf al-Uqṣur, is an archaeological museum in Luxor. It presents archaeological finds from the area around the city from the period between the 12th Dynasty and the Coptic Period.

background

The Luxor Museum, which opened in 1975, is primarily dedicated to local finds from the former Thebes. On May 19, 2004, the exhibition “Thebes Glory”, or “Thebes Glory”, opened in the newly built museum annex. The exhibition is now divided into three parts.

The museum is open from October to April from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., from May to September from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The admission price for foreigners is LE 140, for foreign students LE 70 and for Egyptians LE 20. A photo ticket costs LE 50 for photographs without flash (as of 11/2019).

getting there

The Luxor Museum is halfway between the city center and the Temple of Karnak on the Corniche el-Nile. It can be reached on foot and by taxi.

Sights in front of the museum

Sights in the main collection

The exhibits date from the 12th dynasty to the Coptic period.

Sights from the statue hiding place of the Luxor Temple

The second part in the basement is dedicated to the statuary finds from the statue hiding place of the Luxor Temple from 1989.

Sights on the subject of "Theben's fame"

The pieces date from the 17th to the 19th dynasty, including the so-called Kamosestele and the mummies of Ahmose and presumably that of Ramses I.

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literature

• The Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art in Luxor: Catalog. Mainz: from Zabern, 1981, ISBN 978-3-8053-0428-3 .

• Saghir, Mohammed el-: The statue hiding in the Luxor Temple. Mainz: from Zabern, 1991, Zabern's illustrated books on archeology; 6th, ISBN 978-3-8053-1259-2 .

• Shahawy, Abeer el-; Atīya, Farīd S.: The Luxor Museum: the splendor of ancient Thebes. Giza: Farid Atiya Press, 2006, ISBN 978-977-17-2796-5 .