Luxor Museum Egypt with photos

Luxor Museum Egypt with photos

Luxor Museum Egypt with photos

Luxor Museum

 

The Luxor Museum is surprisingly entertaining. Displays of pottery, jewelry, furniture, statues and stelae were created by the Brooklyn Museum of New York. They include a carefully selected assortment of items from the Theban temples and necropolis.

 In 1975, the Egyptians opened a new museum on the corniche in Luxor (at left). With its modern display techniques, the museum highlights a selection of exquisite items from the area, including some from the tomb of Tutankhamun

 One of the significant displays is part of a wall reassembled from blocks from Akhenaten's dismantled temple at Karnak

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There are a number of exhibits from Tutankhamun, including a cow-goddess head from his tomb on the first floor and his funerary boats on the second floor. However, some of the real attractions include a statue of Tuthmosis III (circa 1436 BC) on the first floor, and 283 sandstone blocks arranged as a wall from the ninth pylon of the Karnak Temple

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