LUXOR  , more properly El-Aksur, " The Castles" (plur. of kasr), a See also:

• TOWN

town of Upper See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile 450 M. above See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo by See also:

• RIVER

river and 418 by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1907 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 12,644 . It is the centre for visitors to the ruins of and about See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, and is frequented by travellers and invalids in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, several See also:

• FINE

fine hotels having been built for their See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation . There are See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, and a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for natives, opened in 1891 . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district is the seat of an extensive manufacture of forged antiques . The See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Luxor is one of the greatest of the monuments of Thebes (q.v.) . It stands near the river bank on the S.W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the town and See also:

• MEASURES

measures nearly 300 yds. from back to front . There may have been an earlier temple here, but the See also:

• PRESENT

present structure, dedicated to the Theban triad of See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon, Mut and Khons, was erected by Amenophis III . The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• COLONNADE

colonnade, which is its most striking feature, was apparently intended for the See also:

• NAVE

nave of a See also:

• HYPOSTYLE

hypostyle See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall like that of See also:

• KARNAK

Karnak, but had to be hastily finished without the aisles . After the See also:

• HERESY

heresy of Amenophis IV . (Akhenaton), the decoration of this incomplete See also:

• WORK

work was taken in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand by Tutenkhamun and Haremhib .

The See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of the temple ran from S.W. to N.E.; a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long paved road bordered by recumbent rams led from the See also:

• FACADE

facade to the temples of Karnak (q.v.) in a somewhat more easterly direction, and See also:

• RAMESES, or RAMESSES (Gen. xlvii. r1; Exod. xii. 37; Num. xxxiii. 3)

Rameses II. adopted the See also:

• LINE

line of this See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue in adding an extensive See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court to the work of Amenophis, producing a curious See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of axis . He embellished the walls and pylons of his court with scenes from his victories over See also:

• HITTITES

Hittites and Syrians, and placed a number of See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal statues within it . In front of the pylon Rameses set up colossi and a pair of obelisks (one of which was taken to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1831 and re-erected in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place de la Concorde) . A few scenes and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions were added by later See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, but the above is practically the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the temple until See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the Great rebuilt the See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary itself . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief religious festival of Thebes was that of " See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Opi," the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient name of Luxor . The sacred barks of the divinities preserved in the sanctuary of Karnak were then conveyed in procession by See also:

• WATER

water to Luxor and back again; a See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the festal scenes is given on the walls of the great colonnade . The Christians built churches within the temple . The greater See also:

• PART

part of the old See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Luxor See also:

• LAY

lay inside the courts: it was known also as See also:

• ABU

Abu '1 Haggag from a Moslem See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, whose See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb-See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque, mentioned by See also:

• IBN

Ibn Batuta, stands on a high heap of debris in the court of Rameses . This is the last of the buildings and rubbish which encumbered the temple before the See also:

• EXPROPRIATION

expropriation and clearances by the Service See also:

• DES

des Antiquites began in 1885 . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street of Luxor follows the line of the ancient avenue . See G . Daressy, See also:

• NOTICE

Notice explicative des ruines du temple de Louxor (Cairo, 1893) ; See also:

• BAEDEKER, KARL (1801–1859)

Baedeker's Egypt .

(F . LL .