Hieroglyphics on Wall of Luxor Temple

Photographer

Webb, Thompson

Date

• 1976

Summary

• Luxor, meaning "the palaces," is the Arabic name for Thebes, the capital city of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.). Across the Nile River from Luxor is the West Bank with the famous mortuary temples in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. The temple within the town of Luxor was built by Amenhotep III (1414-1397 B.C.) but added to over the centuries by Tutankhamen, Horemheb, Ramses II, and Alexander the Great. The Egyptian goddess, Isis, stands at the far right on the wall.