Misr Public Library at Luxor
Misr Public Library at Luxor is a library in Luxor Governorate, Egypt. Misr Public Library at Luxor is situated nearby to Avenue of Sphinxes, as well as near قاعة المؤتمرات.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avenue of Sphinxes and Luxor Temple.
Avenue of Sphinxes
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avenue of Sphinxes 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. Avenue of Sphinxes is situated 200 metres southwest of Misr Public Library at Luxor.
Luxor Temple
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. Luxor Temple is situated 1½ km southwest of Misr Public Library at Luxor.
Temple of Khonsu
Temple
Photo: Francesco Gasparetti, CC BY 2.0.
The Temple of Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian temple. It is located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. The edifice is an example of an almost complete New Kingdom temple, and was originally constructed by Ramesses III on the site of an earlier temple. Temple of Khonsu is situated 1 km northeast of Misr Public Library at Luxor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 4 km northwest of Misr Public Library at Luxor.
Misr Public Library at Luxor
- Type: Library
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.71° or 25° 42′ 36″ northLongitude
32.64934° or 32° 38′ 58″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJ6X+2POpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
“Misr Public Library at Luxor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة مصر العامة بالأقصر”
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