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Image number: 145
Feature : Luxor
Grouping : ancient civilisations
Discipline : human and social sciences
Year : 1993
Locality : Luxor
Country : Egypt
Region - tribe : Nile valley
Physiographic region : Nile valley
Notice : Remnants of ancient Luxor. Touristic attraction. Tourism. The Nile river has always been an important transport line. Already in ancient times, haevy building materials were transported by ship. All Faraonic monuments are along the actual or former Nile channels.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1993    Image 145.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"