Luxor Museum

Why it matters

Opened in 1975, the museum displays artifacts discovered in the Luxor region itself, including striking statues from the Luxor Temple cachette found in 1989 — a hoard of 26 statues carefully buried beneath the temple floor — selected pieces from Tutankhamun's treasures, and the mummy of Ramesses I, which returned to Egypt in 2003 after a long journey that had taken it to a museum in Atlanta, USA. The museum also houses a full wall of small sandstone blocks known as talatat, once part of Akhenaten's temple at Karnak before it was deliberately dismantled after his death.

The museum's focused, uncrowded layout lets visitors engage more deeply with Theban history and art than the larger, busier national museums allow. It also holds a striking statue of Thutmose III carved from green schist, considered one of the finest surviving royal statues from the New Kingdom.

Plan your visit

Prices and hours checked October 2026. Always confirm at the ticket office. Card payment only at most ticket offices.

Your route through the museum

1. 1

   Masterpieces of sculpture

   Start with the green schist statue of Thutmose III, one of the finest royal statues of the New Kingdom.

2. 2

   The temple cache

   Statues found in 1989 buried under Luxor Temple, including a superb quartzite Amenhotep III.

3. 3

   Royal mummies

   The mummy of Ramesses I, returned from a museum in Atlanta in 2003, rests here.

4. 4

   Akhenaten’s wall

   A whole wall rebuilt from talatat blocks of Akhenaten’s lost temple at Karnak.

5. 5

   Tutankhamun pieces

   Selected objects from the boy king’s tomb, without the Cairo crowds.

Good to know

• Pair it with the Mummification Museum a few minutes away.
• Air-conditioned and calm — a perfect escape from the midday heat.