News on Luxor

Mideast Egypt Antiquities

2010-11-15T09:00:34Z

This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on Monday Nov. 15, 2010, shows Egyptian workers at the site of the newly excavated Avenue of the Sphinxes on a sandstone section of a road that dates back from 380-362 B.C., at the city of Luxor, southern Egypt. Egypt's antiquities...

Mideast Egypt Archeology

2010-03-28T08:12:20Z

Egyptian workers in Luxor, Egypt, restore the Alley of Sphinxes, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, known as the "Kebash Road", which was originally lined with 1,200 sphinxes and was built by Amenhotep III in the 12th century B.C .Luxor is set to become the world's largest open-air museum as a multi-million dollar project to restore the Alley of Sphinxes begins in the south of Egypt, said the governor of Luxor Sunday. (AP P...

Mideast Egypt Christmas Attack

2010-06-25T17:57:57Z

Naguib Gebrael, of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, center, and tens of Egyptian Christians shout slogans and wave placards Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 during a protest in Cairo to condemn a drive-by shooting that killed six Christians in Na...

Casino Bargains

2010-04-07T09:47:05Z

Guests graze the More buffet at the Luxor hotel & casino Friday, May 22, 2009 in Las Vegas. Customers can now purchase an all day pass to the buffet that includes beer and wine for $35. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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Hot air balloon strikes mobile phone transmission tower

2010-04-09T14:33:18Z

(FILES) In this 06 April 2009 file photo tourists in hot air balloons drift over Al Qurna village at the end of a one-hour air balloon tour over Luxor's famed West Bank Temples and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Sixteen European and North Americ...