Luxor West Bank

Photographs from the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt

Colossus of Memnon
One of two statues representing Amenhotep III
Jackal-headed sphinx
Reconstructed sphinx with jackal's head near the Ramesseum
Sekhmet
Incised carving of the goddess Sekhmet in the Ramesseum
Ramesseum
View of the mortuary temple of Ramesses II
Vulture
Painted vulture inside the Ramesseum
Statues of Hatshepsut
Statues of Hatshepsut as pharaoh at Deir al-Bahri
First pylon
Pylon at entrance to the mortuary temple of Ramesses III
Walls and columns
Decorated walls and columns in the Temple of Ramesses III
Temple of Ramesses III
Painted columns in the Temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu
Column bases
Column bases in the Great Hypostyle Hall at Medinet Habu
Great Hypostyle Hall
View toward the rear of the hypostyle hall of Medinet Habu
Village
Mudbrick houses on a hill, Luxor West Bank
Luxor
View of Luxor from Al-Gezira on the west bank

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