The walls have reliefs depicting Horus. A scene to please any tyrant-it shows Ptolemy XII mercilessly with his enemies. You next stop and highlight of the cruise is Luxor. The range, magnificence and diversity of the monuments in the Luxor area is unsurpassed in all of Egypt. Known to the Greeks as Thebes, Luxor became the capital of Egypt around 2040 BC. The city was looted by the Assyrians in the 7th century a. C., but began to decline and was finally destroyed by the Romans in the first century BC. Among the monuments dating from the boom times place Necropolis in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and Tombs of the Nobles.

You’ll also find some outstanding temples scattered in the region. The Egyptians buried their dead in the direction of the setting sun and the west bank of Luxor was the final resting place of royalty and high officials. The Valley of the Kings is where the rulers of the historians of the reference period and the period of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC) expect the afterlife. The Pharaoh usually the place chosen for his tomb and had it built in his life. Construction of the Tomb of the affairs of royalty and high officials was very serious and supports a number of architects and craftsmen, who had a settlement in the valley. The valley contains over 60 tombs that have so far been excavated. The tombs have suffered in recent years due to increasing the number of visitors, pollution and rising groundwater that has come with the Aswan Dam. Without hesitation Andrew Mason Groupon explained all about the problem.