North Africa
Egypt
Qena Governorate

Luxor Temple

The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Bank and Sidi Abou Al Hagag Al Aqsry Mosque.

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The of in is also the gateway to the amazing , and a string of pharaonic mortuary temples vies with the richly-decorated Tombs of the Nobles and the workmen's village, Deir el-Medineh, for the visitors’ attention.

Mosque
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The Abu Haggag Mosque is a in , in the of . The mosque contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag, after whom the mosque is named.

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or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road is a 2.7 km long avenue which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes, with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Luxor Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.

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is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

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The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. is situated 4½ km northwest of Luxor Temple.

Luxor Temple

Latitude
25.6996° or 25° 41′ 59″ north
Longitude
32.63936° or 32° 38′ 22″ east
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
Open location code
7GQJMJXQ+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1079039494
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8224875
Wiki­data ID
Q319841
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Luxor Temple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد الأقصر”
  • Arabic: “معبدالأقصر”
  • Armenian: “Լուքսոր տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Templu de Lúxor”
  • Basque: “Luxorreko tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Луксорскі храм”
  • Bengali: “লাক্সর মন্দির”
  • Bengali: “লাক্সার মন্দির”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм в Луксор”
  • Bulgarian: “Храмът в Луксор”
  • Catalan: “temple de Luxor”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Luxor”
  • Chinese: “Luxor Sîn-biō”
  • Chinese: “卢克什神庙”
  • Chinese: “卢克索神庙”
  • Chinese: “樂蜀神廟”
  • Chinese: “盧克索神廟”
  • Croatian: “Amonov hram u Luksoru”
  • Croatian: “Hram u Luksoru”
  • Croatian: “Luksorski hram”
  • Czech: “Luxorský chrám”
  • Dutch: “Luxortempel”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Luxor”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد الاقصر”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Amono ĉe Luksoro”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Luksoro”
  • Finnish: “Luksorin temppeli”
  • Finnish: “Luxorin temppeli”
  • French: “Opet du sud”
  • French: “temple d’Amon à Louxor”
  • French: “temple d’Amon”
  • French: “Temple d’Amon”
  • French: “Temple de louxor”
  • French: “Temple de Louxor”
  • Galician: “Templo de Luxor”
  • German: “Luxor-Tempel”
  • German: “Tempel von Luxor”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Λούξορ”
  • Hausa: “Haikali na Luxor”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש לוקסור”
  • Hindi: “प्राचीन लक्सर मन्दिर”
  • Hindi: “लक्सर मंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “luxori templom”
  • Hungarian: “Luxori templom”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Luxor”
  • Japanese: “ルクソール神殿”
  • Kannada: “ಲಕ್ಸಾರ್ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
  • Korean: “룩소르 신전”
  • Lithuanian: “Luksoro šventykla”
  • Luxembourgish: “Luxor-Tempel”
  • Malay: “Kuil Luxor”
  • Malayalam: “ലക്സർ ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Luxor Sîn-biō”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luxortemplet”
  • Norwegian: “Luxortemplet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Temple de Loxòr”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਕਸਰ ਟੈਂਪਲ”
  • Persian: “معبد اقصر”
  • Persian: “معبد الاقصر”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Luksorska”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Luxor”
  • Romanian: “Templul din Luxor”
  • Russian: “Луксор”
  • Russian: “Луксорский музей”
  • Russian: “Луксорский храм”
  • Sanskrit: “लोजर् देवालय”
  • Serbian: “Hram u Luksoru”
  • Serbian: “Храм у Луксору”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram u Luksoru”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram u Luxoru”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luksorski hram”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luxorski hram”
  • Slovak: “Luxorský chrám”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj v Luksorju”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj v Luksorju”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Luxor”
  • Swedish: “Luxortemplet”
  • Tamil: “அல்-உக்சுர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “லக்சோர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “லக்சோர் கோவில்”
  • Tatar: “Луксор гыйбадәтханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Luksor Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Луксорський храм”
  • Urdu: “معبد اقصر”
  • Uzbek: “Luksor ibodatxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Luxor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Luxor Temple”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Templo Luxor”
  • Western Panjabi: “لکسر ٹیمپل”
  • Yue Chinese: “樂蜀神廟”

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