Warning: prepare to be enlightened… informative material ahead
“Luxor is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, and is even said to contain two thirds of the world antiquities. It became a residence or capital city of Egypt during the New Kingdom. The name Luxor comes form the Arabic word qasr meaning palace.
Luxor has two distinct areas with antiquities. The East Bank which has a number of sites such as the Karnak Temples, Luxor Temple, The Luxor Museum, the Mummification Museum and Chicago House which is not an archaeological site but a research facility.
The West Bank is traditionally the side of the dead. The West bank of Luxor has the mortuary temples of the New Kingdom pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings where the kings of the New Kingdom were buried and the Valley of the Queens. “
Fun Fact “Even in modern day Egypt when they say someone went westwards it means he died”
The group and I visited the Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, and the West Bank & Necropolis of Thebes (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple & Colossi of Memnon ) … it was all surreal!!!
Citation: Dr. Randa Baligh, Egyptologist & my Egyptology professor. 
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