Editing Luxor (section)

== Tourism development ==
[[File:Winter Palace Luxor front.jpg|thumb|Winter Palace Luxor hotel front]]

A controversial tourism development plan aims to transform Luxor into the biggest vast open-air museum. The master plan envisions new roads, five-star hotels, glitzy shops, and an IMAX theatre. The main attraction is an 11&nbsp;million dollar project to unearth and restore the {{convert|2.7|km|1|abbr=off}} long Avenue of Sphinxes that once linked Luxor and Karnak temples. The ancient processional road was built by the pharaoh [[Amenhotep III]] and took its final form under [[Nectanebo I]] in 400 BCE. Over a thousand sphinx statues lined the road now being excavated which was covered by silt, homes, mosques and churches. Excavation started around 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last=McGrath |first=Cam |url=http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/06/16/10131 |title=Mideast: Sphinx Avenue Paved With Bitter Memories — Global Issues |publisher=Globalissues.org |date=2011-06-16 |access-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617111728/http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/06/16/10131 |archive-date=June 17, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McGrath |first=Cam |url=http://elagazat.com/ar/iberotel-luxor-hotel |title=Mideast: Sphinx Avenue Paved With Bitter Memories — Global Issues |publisher=Globalissues.org |date=2011-06-16 |access-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161109000123/http://elagazat.com/ar/iberotel-luxor-hotel |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Touristenbazar in Luxor (1995, 880x625).jpg|thumb|left|Street market]]

On [[April 18|18 April]] 2019, the [[Egyptian Government]] announced the discovery of a previously unopened coffin in Luxor, dated back to 18th dynasty of [[Upper Egypt|Upper]] and [[Lower Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology/expansive-new-kingdom-tomb-unveiled-in-egypts-luxor-idUSKCN1RU2E7 |title=Expansive New Kingdom tomb unveiled in Egypt's Luxor |date=Apr 18, 2019 |website=reuters.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190418225746/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology/expansive-new-kingdom-tomb-unveiled-in-egypts-luxor-idUSKCN1RU2E7 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Mustafa Marie |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/68489/Egypt-announces-tomb-discovery-at-Luxor%E2%80%99s-Draa-Abul-Naga-necropolis |title=Egypt announces tomb discovery at Luxor's Draa Abul Naga necropolis |work=EgyptToday |date=Apr 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190418125349/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/68489/Egypt-announces-tomb-discovery-at-Luxor%E2%80%99s-Draa-Abul-Naga-necropolis |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to the Minister of Antiquities [[Khaled al-Anani]], it is the biggest rock-cut tomb to be unearthed in the ancient city of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://luxortimes.com/2019/04/exclusive-video-ancient-egyptian-mayors-tomb-discovered-in-luxor/ |title=Ancient Egyptian Mayor's Tomb Discovered in Luxor (with video) |date=Apr 18, 2019 |website=luxortimes.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190418180851/http://luxortimes.com/2019/04/exclusive-video-ancient-egyptian-mayors-tomb-discovered-in-luxor/ |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It is one of the largest, well-preserved tombs ever found near the ancient city of Luxor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/astonishing-3-500-year-old-egyptian-tombs-discovered-in-luxor-1.4386016 |title='Astonishing' 3,500-year-old Egyptian tombs discovered in Luxor |date=Apr 18, 2019 |website=ctyvnews.ca |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190418195738/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/astonishing-3-500-year-old-egyptian-tombs-discovered-in-luxor-1.4386016 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> On 24 November 2018, this discovery was preceded by the finding of a well-preserved mummy of a woman inside a previously unopened coffin dating back more than 3,000 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/24/egyptian-archaeologists-unveil-newly-discovered-luxor-tombs/ |title=Egyptian archaeologists unveil newly discovered Luxor tombs |date=Nov 24, 2018 |website=telegraph.co.uk |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181124185720/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/24/egyptian-archaeologists-unveil-newly-discovered-luxor-tombs/ |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Randa Ali |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/13th-century-priests-tomb-discovered-egypts-luxor/story?id=59418449 |title=13th century priest's tomb discovered in Egypt's Luxor |website=[[ABC News (United States)|abcnews.go.com]] |date=Nov 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181126195539/https://abcnews.go.com/International/13th-century-priests-tomb-discovered-egypts-luxor/story?id=59418449 |archive-date=November 26, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=April 21, 2019 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>