Placed on the Corniche between LuxorTemple and Karnak, the Luxor Museum
houses an outstanding collection of artifacts and statues got in archeological
sites in and around Luxor.
Highlights take the gilded head of Hathor from Tutankhamun's tomb, a larger
pink granite head of Amenhotep III, and rest scenes of Akhenaten and QueenNefertiti. Open daily, time schedule changes.
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| Inside Luxor Museum |
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| Statues in Luxor Museum |
The Luxor
Museum is surprisingly
entertaining. Displays of pottery,
jewelry, article of furniture, statues and stelae were created by the Brooklyn Museum of New York. They include a cautiously selected variety of items from the Theban temples and
necropolis.
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 set as a wall from the ninth
pylon of the Karnak
Temple. The hours for
the Museum are from (9 am to 1 PM) and
last from (4 PM to 9 PM). in the winter.
Afternoon hours in the summer are from (5 PM to 10 PM).