Kemet

Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt. It has often been called the "world's greatest open air museum", with the ruins of the temple complex at Karnak, Luxor Temple, and the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank of the Nile, including the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Luxor is an excellent base for touring Upper Egypt, and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting or fini ...

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• Luxor - Four thousand years of tourism
• Luxor - Sights of modern-day Luxor
• Luxor - External link

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Akasha is the name of the title character in Anne Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned. In Rice's fictional vampire universe, Akasha is the very first vampire created. As told in the novel, Akasha was originally a Queen in Kemet, she and her King Enkil wanted their people to turn away from their cannibalistic ways. She was fascinated by the spirits of the supernatural, calling the "red haired witch sisters" Maharet and Mekare to her court to commune with the spirits. Amel is a spirit that frequently fed and communicated with the sist ...

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Waset, as it was then known, was for the ancient Egyptians of the 2nd and the 1st millennia BCE, "the city" par excellence. To its visitors, the town was almost the center of their known world. The palatial district, Deba — a name subsequently altered by Greek visitors into Thebai, whence Thebes — enjoyed an unprecedented high position of luxury, imperial authority, knowledge and wisdom, religious and political supremacy, artistic work and grandiose plans. Several of these plans never ...

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Luxor, Luxor - Four thousand years of tourism, Luxor - Sights of modern-day Luxor, Luxor - External link

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