Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the great capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom, and the glorious city of Amun, later to become the god Amun-Ra. Luxor Temple, seen from the east bank of the Nile "the palaces" or "the castles" from the collective plural of qaṣr ( قصر), which may be a loanword from the Latin castrum "fortified camp". The name Luxor is almost a literal translation of another Greek and Coptic toponym (τὰ Τρία Κάστρα ta tria kastra and ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛ̀ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ pshomt enkastron respectively, both mean "three castles" ) and comes from the Arabic al-ʾuqṣur ( الأقصر), lit. The Egyptian village Aba al-Waqf ( Arabic: أبا الوقف, Ancient Greek: Ωφις) shares the same etymology. The Greek forms Ἀπις and Ὠφιεῖον come from the same source. The Greek name is Thebes or Diospolis, the Sahidic Coptic name ⲡⲁⲡⲉ, comes from Demotic Ỉp.t "the adyton", which, in turn, is derived from the Egyptian. 5.1 Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Luqsor (Coptic Rite).Thousands of tourists from all around the world arrive annually to visit these monuments, contributing greatly to the economy of the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile, lie the monuments, temples and tombs of the west bank Necropolis, which includes the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-air museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. The modern city includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Waset, also known as Nut ( Coptic: ⲛⲏ) and to the Greeks as Thebes or Diospolis.
It is among the oldest inhabited cities in the world. The population of Luxor is 422,407 (2021), with an area of approximately 417 square kilometres (161 sq mi). Luxor ( / ˈ l ʌ k s ɔːr, ˈ l ʊ k-/ Arabic: الأقصر l-aqṣur, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation:, Upper Egyptian pronunciation: Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲁⲡⲉ Pape, pronounced ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Egyptian Governorates, Northern Africa, African Union
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