Opened in 1975, Museum of Luxor or Luxor Museum is one of the best display centers
of Egyptian antiquities. Housed within a modern building the collection of the
museum is limited to certain numbers but is of tremendous importance and significant
and are beautifully displayed.
The main item of collection of Luxor Museum includes statues from the famous
Cachette found buried in Temple of Luxor as well as small collection of items
from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The ground floor of the museum contains masterpieces of Egyptian sculpture
including a calcite double statue of Sobek-the crocodile god and of Amenhotep
III- a 18th dynasty Pharaoh. One of the main attraction items of museum of Luxor
is a reassembled wall of 283 painted sandstone blocks from a wall of a temple
built in honor of Amenhotep IV.
There are numerous other antiquities of interest in Museum among which one
is a couple of very nice coffins. Luxor Museum also has items of the periods
after the demise of pharaonic Egypt. On left side of the ground floor is located
a gallery known for the wonderful collection of stone sculptures found in 1989
from the one of the courtyards of the Luxor Temple.
The hours for the Museum are from 9 am to 1 PM and then from 4 PM until 9 PM.
in the winter. Afternoon hours in the summer are from 5 PM until 10 PM.
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