I am not quite sure who built the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas but he or she got it all wrong. I have not seen anything here in Luxor that looks anything like it. In fact, there aren't even any pyramids or casinos here. I guess it just plays on the stereotypical Egyptian pharaoh idea that most of us had. Anyway, about the temple. I strongly recommend visiting in the evening if you get a chance, just before sunset. The temperature is perfect and the lighting is great. Well, you can see from my pictures that it the lighting is not the best for photography or video, but for your own personal experience it is excellent. There appear to be less people there at that time as well. However, because Luxor Temple is located right on the boardwalk of the center of town, it is really easy to go back again and again. In fact, I met a very nice German lady who had been there three times already during this trip. There were two things I was told about the temple on this trip that I found interesting; the first is that there are still homes built on top of it, because it lay buried undiscovered for so long, in which people still reside (seen in the fifth picture below) and the second is that there are plans to recreate and join the Avenue of the Sphinxes that once joined Luxor and Karnak Temples. Of course there are many other interesting things about this temple and all the others I have been showing throughout my site, however, those can all be found and read in any textbook, including the Rough Guide to Egypt that I have mentioned many times.