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Luxor
(
Arabic
:
????????
) is a city in
Upper Egypt
. In 2012, about 506,588 people lived there.
[1]
To tourists, it is mostly known because of
Karnak
, as well as other tourist sites nearby.
Because the
Ancient Egyptian
city of
Thebes
is located in Luxor,
[2]
the city has been called the "world's greatest open-air museum." On the other side of the
Nile
lies the
Valley of the Kings
and
Valley of the Queens
.