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Illustrative: Hot air balloons floating over the Nile River in Luxor at sunrise (iStock)
January 5, 2018, 6:19 pm
South African tourist killed in Egypt balloon crash, 12 injured
Tourists often take early morning hot air balloon rides over Luxor and the ancient Egyptian temples
By AFP
Egyptian excavation workers restore a mummy in a newly discovered tomb on Luxor's West Bank known as "KAMPP 150," December 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)
December 10, 2017, 5:15 am
Archaeologists discover 2 ancient tombs in Egypt’s Luxor
Tourism minister says 3,500 year-old discovery part of efforts to promote tourism industry hit hard by extremist attacks and political turmoil following 2011 uprising
By AHMED HATEM
Archaeologists work on mummies found in the New Kingdom tomb that belongs to a royal goldsmith, in a burial shaft, in Luxor, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
September 10, 2017, 1:30 am
3,500-year-old pharonic tomb of royal goldsmith unearthed in Luxor
Worksmith's art was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun; Egyptian officials tout find in bid to revive ailing tourism industry
By Nariman El-Mofty
Foreign tourists visit the Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt.(photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
From the WebApril 20, 2017, 2:29 am
Egypt unveils massive restored statue of Ramses II
When the 75-ton bust of the most celebrated of the ancient Pharaohs was discovered in 1958 and 1960, it was in 57 pieces, Reuters reports
Egyptian archaeologists work on a wooden coffin discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, April 18, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)
April 18, 2017, 7:42 pm
Mummies, over 1,000 statues discovered in 3,500-year-old tomb in Egypt
Ancient burial chambers of a nobleman named Userhat near Luxor include colorful sarcophagi and other ritual items
By Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Illustrative: the ancient ruins of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, November 30, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
November 13, 2016, 8:43 pm
Millennia-old mummy found in Egypt tomb
Ancient sarcophagus belonging to a nobleman discovered near the southern town of Luxor
By AFP
An Egyptian vendor sits outside his shop in the tourist area of Al-Hussein in the capital Cairo, October 24, 2016. (AFP/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
October 30, 2016, 7:36 am
Egypt tourism in limbo a year after Russian plane bombing
Foreign visitor numbers have not bounced back, slashing revenues in cash-strapped economy
By Haitham el-Tabei
An Egyptian farmer carries an electric fan as she walks through a Cairo street , Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
August 12, 2015, 2:56 pm
Scorching Egypt heatwave kills at least 42
As temperatures top 104 degrees Farenheit, casualties include German resident, psychiatric patients and prisoners
By AP
Egyptian security forces and civilians stand at the scene where assailants attempted to carry out a suicide bomb attack, on June 10, 2015, in the Karnak temple in Luxor, a town 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of Cairo. Police said one attacker detonated a bomb and two other assailants died in a firefight close to the famed Karnak temple. A source at the interior ministry said no tourists were hurt. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
June 10, 2015, 10:30 pm
‘Massacre’ averted in Luxor, Egyptian police say after bombing
Security measures ramped up at tourist sites in wake of foiled attack on famed Karnak temple, as crucial industry struggles to survive
By AFP
Illustrative: the ancient ruins of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, November 30, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
June 10, 2015, 1:09 pm
Suicide bomber hits ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor
Police say they stopped two others attackers who also planned to blow themselves up at the historical site
By AP
Illustrative: A tourist takes a picture of two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Radwan Abu Elmagd)
December 14, 2014, 11:35 pm
Colossal statue of Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt
43-foot bust of Pharaoh was toppled in an earthquake some 3,000 years ago in Luxor
By AFP
Illustrative image of a church in Luxor (photo credit: Shutterstock)
June 24, 2014, 8:21 pm
Egyptian Christian jailed for contempt of religion
Kerolos Ghattas, 30, sentenced to six years for posting pictures offensive to Islam on his Facebook page
By AP
An Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighter on display outside Hurghada, on the Red Sea coast (photo credit: CC BY RHL Images/Flickr)
October 13, 2013, 3:22 pm
Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighter crashes near Luxor
Mechanical failure cited; pilot bails out safely, but one villager was killed and three others wounded
By AP
A journalist photographs Egyptian Salafi Muslims, unseen, during a protest in support of bearded police officers who were prevented from carrying out their work in the interior ministry, in front of the Shura Council, the upper house of Parliament, in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
June 28, 2013, 2:16 am
In Egypt, skepticism trumps religion in politics
After a year of Muslim Brotherhood rule, Islamic religiosity is no longer the key political selling point for Egyptians voters
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Foreign tourists visit Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt. Stunned tourist workers vow to block the newly appointed Islamist governor of Luxor province from taking office. The reason: He belongs to a former militant group that killed nearly 60 tourists visiting a Pharaonic temple there in the 1990s. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
June 17, 2013, 11:53 pm
Islamist governor riles southern Egypt
Luxor residents outraged by Morsi's appointment of man connected to former terrorist group that killed 60 tourists at iconic site
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