Discover the Beauty of Luxor & Ancient Egypt

by Jane Akshar on 13 Dec, 10

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Flats in Luxor and Archaeology Missions

06, Jan 12

At Flats in Luxor we are very proud of our connections with the Egyptology digs or missions. It is all my fault for loving Egyptology so much. KV63 Back in 2006 Mahmoud heard a rumour that a new tomb had been found in the valley of kings so I set off to the valley early [...]

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Flats in Luxor official home of the Theban Mapping Project under Kent Weeks

07, Nov 11

Flats in Luxor is delighted to announce that they are now the official Luxor home of the Theban Mapping Project, under director Kent Weeks. The new facility will comprise accommodation for the offices of TMP as well as a public reading library A long-held dream of Kent’s has been to provide guides, tourists, students, foreigners [...]

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Mabrouk to Captain Ali

10, Oct 11

Lots of congratulations to Captain Ali of Cataract motorboat on the birth of his daughter Amina, sister to Mansour Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Diving in the Red Sea

07, Oct 11

Some friends of ours took this great video on a trip to Taba. You could actually do this on a day trip to Hurghada from Luxor. The sea is picture postcard blue, when we went we hired a boat for scuba and fishing. I was made up that I caught a fish. You can take [...]

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New book about Qurna

07, Oct 11

Really excited about this new book by Kees van der Spek about Qurna village. Regularly readers will remember the controversy surrounding the removal of the villagers from the hillside. This book tells their story. It will be available on Amazon US and AUC in Cairo. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Map of Egypt – Ancient Egyptian map – Modern Egyptian map

30, Sep 11

Maps, maps, maps there are so many both ancient and modern. If you require more information than the information below then I suggest that you get the Atlas of Ancient Egypt from Baines and Malik     1) Here is a link to a great Ancient Egyptian Map 2) [From Wikipedia]; Ancient Egypt was an [...]

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Want to get away from Christmas?

29, Sep 11

Bah Humbug,  Scrooge had a point Christmas not for you, want to ignore the festive season, you can. Although we cater for Christmas in Luxor we understand that not everyone wants to join in. We have had people recovering from family problems who would rather not have Christmas shoved down their throats. No Christmas dinner [...]

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Chronological Luxor

22, Aug 11

Chronological Luxor It occurred to me that some visitors to Luxor would like to view things from a particular period or king so I divided up every site in Luxor chronologically. Not everything is open but most are. If you want more details of a site try my Hidden Luxor e-book and videos.  Pre Dynastic [...]

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Hidden Luxor

21, Aug 11

HIDDEN LUXOR: LOCAL EGYPTOLOGIST REVEALS EGYPT’S TOURIST GEMS The Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple … exciting names that most people will know are in Egypt but few would be able to name another site in the town of Luxor where they are found. A lady determined to change all that is Jane Akshar [...]

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Learn Hieroglyphs in Luxor

03, Aug 11

The first residential course from Flats in Luxor and Suzanne Bojtos. Full details here http://www.egyptologycourses.com/hiddens-hieroglyphs/ Have you always longed to understand hieroglyphs, to crack the code of the Ancient Egyptians? Be professionally taught by an experienced lecturer with 15 years experience? Get hands on hieroglyphs experience in Egypt, to really know what you are looking [...]

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