Luxor
Museum is located in the Egyptian city
of Luxor (ancient Thebes). It stands on
the corniche, overlooking the River Nile,
in the central part of the city. Inaugurated
in 1975, the museum is housed in a small,
purpose-built building. The range of artefacts
on display is far more restricted than
the country's main collections in the
Museum of Antiquities in Cairo; this was,
however, deliberate, since the museum
prides itself on the quality of the pieces
it has, the uncluttered way in which they
are displayed, and the clear multilingual
labelling used. Among the most striking
items on show are grave goods from the
tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) and a collection
of 26 exceptionally well preserved New
Kingdom statues that were found buried
in a cache in nearby Luxor Temple in 1989.
The royal mummies of two pharaohs –
Ahmose I and Ramesses I – were also
put on display in the Luxor Museum in
March 2004.
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