Luxor Postal Code

Luxor Postal Code / Luxor Zip Code

99 Total numbe of Postal code in Luxor Egypt 

About Luxor

Luxor is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt. It is near the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, which was a very important place. Many people have called Luxor the "world's best open-air museum," because the ruins of the Egyptian temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor are still there in the modern city. The Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens are both on the west bank of the River Nile. The Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens are both on the west bank of the River Nile. Thousands of people from all over the world come to Luxor every year to see the city's ancient monuments. This helps the modern city's economy a lot. 422,407 people live in Luxor in 2021, with an area of about 417 square kilometres (161 sq mi). It is the capital of the Luxor Governorate, and it is a big city. People have lived there for a long time. People used to call Luxor "Luxor," but it was also called "Thebes." Luxor was the capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom. Luxor was also the home of the god Amun, who later became known as Amun-Ra. WAs.t was the name of the city in ancient Egyptian texts. Later, in Demotic Egyptian, it was called ta jpt, which meant "the shrine/temple." The Greeks called it Thebai, and the Romans called it Thebae. If you want to make sure you're not confused with the city of Iunu, or Heliopolis, in the north, you can call Thebes "southern Heliopolis." This is because Thebes was a city with 100 gates. It was also called niw.t, which means "city," and it was one of only three cities in Egypt where this word was used. Memphis and Heliopolis were the other two cities where this word was used. In the 11th Dynasty, when the town became a bustling city, the city became important. Montuhotep II, the ruler of Egypt after the First Intermediate Period, brought stability to the land as the city grew in size and importance. This is how it worked: Kush, which is in northern Sudan today, was visited by the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom when they went on trips to Canaan, Phoenicia, and Syria. The city grew rich and became important on a global level. From the 18th Dynasty to the 20th Dynasty, Thebes rose to be the political, religious, and military capital of Ancient Egypt. Thebes played a big role in getting rid of the Hyksos' forces from Upper Egypt. Among those who came to live there were the Babylonians and Mitanni. The Hittites of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) were also there. Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Minoans from the island of Crete were also there. As far as we know, a Hittite prince from Anatolia even came to marry the wife of Tutankhamun, Ankhesenamun. In the Late Period, however, Thebes lost its political and military importance. The cities of Bubastis, Sais, and finally Alexandria took its place as the capital of Egypt. However, because Thebes was the home of the god Amun-Ra, it stayed the religious capital of Egypt until the Greeks came. Amun was the main god of the city, and he was worshipped with his wife, Mut, and their son, Khonsu, the God of the moon. With the rise of Thebes as the most important city in Egypt, the local god Amun became more important and was linked to the sun god Ra. This made Amun-Ra the new "king of gods." At Karnak, north of Thebes, he built a huge temple. It was Egypt's most important temple until the end of history. When Assyrian Emperor Assurbanipal came to the city, he put a new prince on the throne named Psamtik I. People didn't care about Thebes anymore because it was in ruins and no longer important. That's not the only thing Alexander did. He went to the temple of Amun, where the god's statue was moved from Karnak to there during the Opet Festival, which is a big religious event in Egypt. Thebes was a place of spirituality even into the Christian era. Many Christian monks from the Roman Empire came to Thebes and set up monasteries near many ancient monuments, including the temple of Hatshepsut, which is now called Deir el-Bahri ("the northern monastery")