Embark on a mesmerizing adventure as a mother and daughter explore Luxor's ancient wonders, forging timeless memories ...

Getting to the Temple of Hatshepsut, which is located about 17 miles northwest of Luxor on the West Bank, requires driving, hailing a taxi or taking a bus tour.

Luxor, meanwhile, captivates visitors with the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings, the sprawling Karnak Temple complex, and the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs.

Hatshepsut's temple is one of the world’s most striking architectural masterpieces, but perhaps even more noteworthy is the woman who commissioned it. By Gulnaz Khan. July 17, 2018 ...

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be more nuanced.

Almost every temple in Egypt was rebuilt, redecorated or expanded . In Thebes, the great temple to Amen-Re gained a new entrance with four colossi of the pharaoh, to remind people who was in charge.

Though additions to the Temple of Luxor were made by many of Egypt's pharaohs (Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Hatshepsut, to name a few), the bulk of this ancient structure was created in the 14th ...