Luxor
Modern Luxor (known locally as Al Uqsur) stands where once stood the ancient city of Thebes.
History is everywhere in Egypt but nowhere more so than here.
Hidden in the desert mountains beyond the western bank of the Nile are the burial sites of pharaohs whose lifetimes span half a millenium.
In a more conspicuous display of ceremonial grandeur, the tall temples of Al Karnak still reach for the blue skies above.