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One of the best displays of antiquities in Egypt is located at the Luxor Museum. Housed within a modern building, the collection is limited in the number of items, but they are beautifully displayed. Upon entering the museum, there is a small giftshop on the right. Once inside the main museum area, two of the first items that catch one's attention are an enormous red granite head of Amenhotep III and the cow-goddess head from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Spaced out around the ground floor are masterpieces of sculpture including a calcite double statue of the crocodile god Sobek and the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III (below right). It was discovered at the bottom of a water-filled shaft in 1967. A ramp leads upstairs to more marvellous antiquities, including some items from Tutankhamun's tomb suc as boats, sandles and arrows.
One of the major items of the whole museum is located upstairs - a reassembled wall of 283 painted sandstone blocks from a wall in the dismantled temple built at Karnak for Amenhotep IV (the heretic king Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty). There are numerous other antiquities of interest including a couple of very nice coffins. The museum also houses items from periods after the demise of pharaonic Egypt. On returning to the ground floor, there is a gallery on the left (outbound)where there is a wonderful collection stone sculptures found in 1989 under one of the courtyards within Luxor Temple.
The museum makes a great afternoon or evening stop for an hour or two after a morning over on the West Bank. Once again, check the hours as they can vary with the season. | | Histoire | |
Inaugurated in 1975, the museum is housed in a small, purpose-built building. The range of artifacts on display is far more restricted than the country's main collections in the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo; this was, however, deliberate, since the museum prides itself on the quality of the pieces it has, the uncluttered way in which they are displayed, and the clear multilingual labelling used. | | Plus de photos | |
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Le département d'art égyptien du Metropolitan Museum
Le département de l'Art égyptien, inauguré en 1906, expose les collections rassemblées depuis 1874.
Histoire de l'Egypte ancienne
La datation des règnes de l'Egypte ancienne relève d'une approximation plus ou moins grande en fonction de dynasties étudiées.
Louxor
Baptisée par Homère la ville aux cent portes, tant était grand le nombre de ses temples aux entrées monumentales, la ville de Louxor est édifiée sur l'ancienne cité antique de Thèbes fondée il y a quatre millénaires.
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