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| Luxor (Arabic:
الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern)
Egypt and the
capital of the
Al Uqsur
governorate, population approximately 200,000. As the site of the
ancient Egyptian city of
Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterised as the "world's greatest
open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes at
Karnak and
Luxor standing within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the
Nile
River, lie the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank
Necropolis, which include the
Valley of the Kings and
Valley of the Queens. Thousands of international tourists arrive each
year to visit these monuments, their presence forming a large part of the
economic basis for the modern city. As a result, Luxor represents an
excellent base for touring
Upper
Egypt, and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and
as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. East Bank
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