Until 1975, the Luxor Museum consisted of one floor and was expanded to a two-story museum in March 2004. It is located on the bank of the Nile, between the Karnak Temple and the Luxor Temple, and houses artifacts from Thebes, but also from the entire Luxor area.
Furthermore, the museum has a replica of a part of the wall of the Temple of Aton at Karnak, various statues from the period of the New Kingdom, and also valuables from the tomb of the young deceased Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The most famous exhibit of the Luxor Museum is the “sacred cow” carved from wood and partially gilded. It was found in Tutankhamun’s tomb.
The museum has not only the main building but a complex where the mummies of Ramses I and Ahmose I are located.
Location: It is located in Luxor, parallel to Corniche Street, between Luxor and Karnak temples.
Why was it built?
It was built because of the storage problems in Cairo Museum, so the government decided to build new museums in different places in Egypt. The city of Luxor won this museum as the first museum and today it has a very nice collection of findings around Luxor.
When was it built?
It was built since the presidency of President Abd Al Nasser and was completed in 1975.
Description: This museum is divided into two floors. Although this building is small, it contains masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom, such as ceramics, jewelry, furniture, statues, and stelae selected from the Theban temples and necropolises.
There are many statues for King TutmosisIII, AmenhotpIV (Akhenaten), and Tutankhamun. The most important is the mummy of Ahmos together with RamsisI, which has been exhibited since September 2004.
There are also many mummification items such as the Eishr Al Baiad fish found in their cult center in Esna, it was also called Lato and comes from Latopolis the Greek name of Esna.
