Luxor

After leaving the Nile, we drove for about an hour to get to Luxor. On the way we stopped at a temple - that is what the first couple pictures are of. We also saw over the next couple days the Valley of the Kings (unfortunately we could not take pictures there), as well as Karnak temple, and sights around Luxor. This part of the trip was probably the few days when I feel like we saw the most as far as historical buildings, temples, tombs, etc. We crammed a lot in!

Here is the temple we stopped at on the way to Luxor. It was discovered and used to be covered by mud from old "christian" mud-brick houses which surround it. Egypt believes something like 60% of its artifacts from ancient times are still buried throughout the country.

more brightly colored doors.

Hibiscus tea. Served both hot & cold, and very popular.

Karnak. A massive temple complex right in the city of Luxor. Many kings/pharoah's added on to it over the years.

It's crazy that you can still see colors on the walls and ceiling!

Luxor

Ancient tombs in the hillsides you can see, on the drive to Valley of the Kings.

The market in Luxor