Luxor Egypt First Impressions – A City Frozen in Time
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People kept telling us Luxor was the world’s greatest open-air museum, and arriving there we finally understood why. The Nile moves past the city the same unhurried way it must have for thousands of years, with ancient columns and temple walls turning up in the middle of ordinary streets. After checking into the Winter Palace and taking a short rest, we set out to get our first real look at the East Bank.
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