We flew from Cairo to Luxor where we stayed in the Etap Hotel right on the Nile River. Luxor is part of ancient Thebes, the capital city of the ancient Egyptian empire and the most important of all Egyptian cities. Its golden age was during the 18th, 19th and 20th Dynasties and then it was a world city, even by our standards. Here the Pharoahs created buildings truly worthy of kings and on such a gigantic scale that even we, creatures of the 'Age of Technology,' are deeply impressed and marvel at the massive proportions of everything.
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