Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Luxor Governorate
Detourmap lists 63 places in Luxor Governorate, Egypt, across 1 kind of detour. Best known: Thebes. 41 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 63
- Oldest
- Thebes 3199 BC
- Little known
- 41 of 63
- Share of Egypt
- 20%
Luxor Governorate 63
All 63, best known first.
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7.Medinet Habu
Archaeological · Notable
Archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt
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13.Mortuary Temple of Seti I
Archaeological · Notable
Building in Qurna, Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor (Thebes)
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21.Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
Archaeological · Notable
Temple of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III
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23.Mortuary Temple of Merenptah
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Egypt, at the Luxor West bank
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25.QV55
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian tomb of prince Amonherkhepshef (son of Ramses III) in the Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Egypt
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28.Tomb of Sitre QV38
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Queens, for the queen Sitre
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29.Cliff tomb of Hatshepsut
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian tomb in Wady Sikkat Taqet Zaid
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30.TT280
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tomb of Meketre, chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III
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31.QV42
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Queens, of the prince Pareherwenemef
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59.TT322
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, Egypt
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63.Coptic monastery of Deir Rumi
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ruins of a Coptic monastery in Deir er-Rumi in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt
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Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Luxor Governorate?
Thebes, 32nd century BC. Ancient Egyptian city. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Luxor Governorate?
63: 63 archaeological & historic sites. 41 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Luxor Governorate?
Thebes, dated to 3199 BC. 3 of the 63 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Luxor Governorate here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Luxor Governorate if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Luxor Governorate is a first-level division of Egypt, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.