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  • A schoolboy reads verses from the Koran in front of his religious teacher in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt158-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A portrait of the school headmaster beneath a picture of a Muslim cleric at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt388-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys listen to their teacher in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt366-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran during a religious class in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt376-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Local guides and caretakers on the steps at the otherwise deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt151-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Funeral stretchers lean against a wall of a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to Islamic law (“shariah”), the body should be buried as soon as possible from the time of death, which means that funeral planning and preparations begin immediately. After Salat al-Janazah has been recited, the body should be transported to the cemetery for burial. Traditionally, only men are allowed to be present at the burial, though in some communities all mourners, including women, will be allowed at the gravesite.
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  • A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt154-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt384-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • An aerial view of schoolboys reading Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt382-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A local guide at the otherwise deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt164-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a local guide near the colossi of Pharaohs at the otherwise deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt168-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt378-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt379-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt169-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Hieroglyphs on columns at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt162-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran during a religious class in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt377-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt371-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys listen to their teacher in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt367-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt174-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Hieroglyphs on columns at the deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt142-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran during a religious class in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
    egypt372-06-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A caretaker sweeps dusty steps at the otherwise deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt150-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A caretaker sweeps dusty steps at the otherwise deserted ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
    egypt145-03-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Muslim graves and cactus in a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The grave should be aligned perpendicular to the Qibla (i.e. Mecca). The body is placed in the grave without a casket, lying on its right side, and facing the Qibla. Grave markers should be raised only up to a maximum of 30 centimetres (12 in) above the ground. Thus Grave markers are simple, because outwardly lavish displays are discouraged in Islam. Many times graves may even be unmarked, or marked only with a simple wreath. However, it is becoming more common for family members to erect grave monuments.
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  • A seller of candy floss awaits custom on a rural track near the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. His slow progress in mid-day heat around the area has encouraged him to stop and rest his mule, hoping, despite it being a poor and rural part of Luxor, for children to emerge from their homes and buy his sweets.
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  • A chai (tea) seller walks through the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. As he pushes his cart full of hot and cold drinks over the rough dirt path, another local man edges through a gap in this busy market. Amidst the bustle of this busy regular event, people from many miles around have come to trade and buy their provisions.
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  • Looking east from the West Bank bank of the river Nile, of a rising sun with electricity power pylons above the city of modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent (after Nigeria and Ethiopia). About 95% of the country's 82.5 million (2012 est.) people live along the banks of the Nile throughout the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal.
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  • A young Egyptian boy practices his English words from a textbook at his home in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. In 2012, the literacy rate in Egypt was 75.2 per cent - specifically, male (83.2) and female (67.3). Not all state schools teach English as the second language but favour instead the old colonial French.
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  • The face of local Bairat MP Mohamed Yasim above rental bikes in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Mr Yassim has recently been elected in local elections and has returned to his constituency for a few days to receive petitions and hear of local issues that he can address before returning to parliament in Cairo. He appears to be a respected politician whose face appears on banners and posters around the area, a sign of his popularity.
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  • A detail of a defaced Queen Hatshepsut in temple of Amun at Karnak at the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut reigned from 1473 to 1458 BC but her successor Tuthmosis III quashed an Asiatic uprising and records of Hatshepsut disappeared. Tuthmosis III was finally able to claim his rightful place as King of Egypt and all images of Hatshepsut were attacked; statues, reliefs and shrines all were defaced. While the queen was damaged, the Gods either side in this painting were left untouched. The Karnak Temple Complex is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 200 acres. It comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu.
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  • A tourist on rented bikes cycles past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
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  • A morning religious lesson held for local Christian children at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Date palm trees, nearby homes and green cereals growing on fertile soil, not far from the River Nile, in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Egypt is known as one of the oldest agricultural civilizations; the River Nile allowed a sedentary agricultural society to develop thousands of years ago.
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  • A tourist stall with Coca-Cola umbrella in Luxor Square, with the Mosque of Abu el-Haggag's minaret, far left, Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. A stall holder is in the background and waits for visitors to this central location - a passing point for tourism. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • Hieroglyphs on the first pylon at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • A woman and child walk past an agency's board listing details of local properties to rent in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Local businesses like this are dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP so communities like this are suffering economically, as a result.
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  • Flowering Bougainvillea and the matching colours of modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a house's wall on local wasteground in the village of Gezirat, West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Exterior of a small community shop in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
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  • A local girl in red runs past a blue painted house in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
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  • The face of a beauty model is spread across two doors of a business in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Across her mouth is the vertical door handle seemingly a piercing over her lips.
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  • A mounted horse and tourist stallholder in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Local businesses are obviously very dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A young Egyptian man rides a horse in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Rides are offered in the nearby town square to young tourists who can walk around the public space. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
    egypt548-10-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Tourist trinkets and statues in the souk at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. A vast selection of Pharaonic statuettes and figurines are piled up on tables and shelves awaiting visitors to arriave and barter for the prices and deals. The heritage industry and local businesses are obviously very dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP so communities like this are suffering economically, as a result.
    egypt534-10-03-2016_1.jpg
  • The ground crew of a hot air balloon operation push the basket towards more even ground after its landing on to wasteground in a West Bank village of the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. These people are dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP so communities like this are suffering economically, as a result.
    egypt529-10-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A local farmer on his cart carrying sugarcane is pulled along past a blue wall and arabic writing in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
    egypt236-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A local woman walks past a blue painted wall in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
    egypt234-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A towel airs from a line in Gezirat, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Its bright colour showing red roses contrast with the background of more dull shades, also hanging from the homes of neighbours.
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  • The crewman of a privately-owned motorboat ferry dependent on tourist trade readies his vessel to cross the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Plying the great African river is a cheap fare state-run ferry used by commuters and locals but these motorboats serve tourists and therefore one of the many victims of the tourism downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • A motorbike is heaved off the state-run ferry across the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The rider holds the bike's handlebars while a ferry worker pushes the vehicle up the rough wooden steps used by commuters of East and West banks of the great African river. Using a little power from a twist of the throttle, the motorcycle jerks up and on to the pier.
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  • Hieroglyph columns at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
    egypt54-01-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Detail of an old Coca-Cola mural on a wall at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Arabic writing is above the famous brand name showing the cultures that the US company's presence reaches.
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  • A local woman walks past colourful dress designs on a stall at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The latest in patterns for the modern Egyptian woman are being sold in a beautiful line of fashions and styles. Amidst the bustle of this busy regular event, people from many miles around have come to trade and buy their provisions.
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  • An aerial dawn landscape, looking down from a hot air balloon on to the road to the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The area has been a major area of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries. The Valley was used for primary burials from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC, and contains at least 63 tombs. After that, the area was a site for tourism in antiquity (especially during Roman times).
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  • Looking east from the West Bank bank of the river Nile, of a rising sun with electricity power pylons above the city of modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The great African river can be seen reflecting riverbank vegetation. Egypt is classified as having a “high power system size with 99% of the population having access to electricity although outages at all times of the day and night here on the West Bank of Luxor are regular and without warning.
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  • A local Egyptian businessman looks thoughtfully into a setting sun while on sand dunes of a desert enviroment, near a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Hamdy Mosa has worked in the tourism industry all of his adult life and now heads a family business dependent on the industry, currently enduring a downturn in visitor numbers after recent terrorist activity. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Image).
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  • A portrait of regional MP Mohammed Yasim inside the community hall of the village of Qum on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Mr Yassim has recently been elected in local elections and has returned to his constituency for a few days to receive petitions and hear of local issues that he can address before returning to parliament in Cairo. He appears to be a respected politician whose face appears on banners and posters around the area, a sign of his popularity.
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  • A St George and the Dragon's icon shrine with burning candles at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Local Christian women say prayers and make offerings at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Mustafa, a young Egyptian brings soft sugarcane branches for horses and camels at the Pharaohs Stable (pharaohsstables.com), a business dependent on tourism based in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Workers of all ages like this are dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP so communities like this are suffering economically, as a result.
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  • Tourist groups stand and photograph beneath the giant columns in the Solar Court of Amenhotep III, at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Tall Colossi in the Court of Ramesses II at the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Egyptian tourists buy snacks from a local man in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. But stallholders await more visitors during the tourist downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • The face of a beauty model is spread across two doors of a business in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Across her mouth is the vertical door handle seemingly a piercing over her lips.
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  • Guards and a few tourists near Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • A local family enjoy their youngest child in Bairat, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The family are dependent on tourism with the husband and grandfather employed as a driver to a local travel family company. Holding up the infant so that it is standing on the palm of its mother's hands, safely supporting the baby with a hand under the arm.
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  • Egyptians pass a mens' clothing business displaying latest styles in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. While two mules stand idle still hitched to a cart, two smartly-dressed young women and a child walk past the mannequins and two working men pass-by the animals.
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  • Election victory posters for regional MP Mohammed Yasim in the village of Qum on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Mr Yassim has recently been elected in local elections and has returned to his constituency for a few days to receive petitions and hear of local issues that he can address before returning to parliament in Cairo. He appears to be a respected politician whose face appears on banners and posters around the area, a sign of his popularity.
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  • Local children play memory card games from a Belgian teaching volunteer at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn as state schools are under-resourced, lacking basic teaching aides such as books. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Image).
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  • Christian families leave St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt226-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Mustafa, a young Egyptian brings soft sugarcane branches for horses and camels at the Pharaohs Stable (pharaohsstables.com), a business dependent on tourism based in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Businesses like this and associated workers of all ages like this are dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP so communities like this are suffering economically, as a result.
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  • Tourist groups stand and photograph beneath the giant colossi at the entrance of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A green-painted food stall and matching background colour of a youth centre in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. In this landscape in which nobody is seen, the lime green colours have been matched on both wall and cart.
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  • A women tourist walks along the Avenue of the Sphinxes towards the ancient Egyptian Colossi at the entrance to Court of Ramses II, Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Local businesses like this are dependent of the tourism industry and therefore badly affected by the downturn. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • Seen from one boat to another, a privately-owned motorboat ferry dependent on tourist trade crosses the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Plying the great African river is a cheap fare state-run ferry used by commuters and locals but these motorboats serve tourists and therefore one of the many victims of the tourism downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • Local men on the West Bank of the river Nile talk at dawn on railings overlooking the city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The waterfront is a meeting place to talk business or meet other commuters and from where the state-run ferry plies this great African river. In the distance are the twin spires of the Christian Manak church. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Image).
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  • A local Egyptian man walks past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
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  • A morning religious lesson held for local Christian children at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • An abandoned Mercedes W110 car under a palm tree in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. At the foot of these giant trees on the roadside the vehicle rests as a relic of a bygone age of motoring. The W110 was Mercedes-Benz's entry level line of midsize automobiles in the mid-1960s. One of Mercedes' "Fintail" (German: Heckflosse) series, the W110 initially was available with either a 1.9 L M121 gasoline or diesel inline-four. (
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  • Locals talk in a quiet place at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt. Holding seemingly serious talks about an important local matter or a business issue, the people sit on the dirt path alongside a rough wall. Amidst the bustle of this busy regular event, people from many miles around have come to trade and buy their provisions.
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  • An ancient Egyptian relief showing Pharaoh Thutmosis III slaying Canaanite captives from the Battle of Megiddo, 15th Century BC. seen at Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Battle of Megiddo is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. Megiddo is also the first recorded use of the composite bow and the first body count. All details of the battle come from Egyptian sources—primarily the hieroglyphic writings on the Hall of Annals in the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, Thebes by the military scribe Tjaneni.
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  • A nuts and seeds stallholder pushes his cart towards just a few arriving tourists during the tourist downturn in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A portrait of regional MP Mohammed Yasim inside the community hall of the village of Qum on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Mr Yassim has recently been elected in local elections and has returned to his constituency for a few days to receive petitions and hear of local issues that he can address before returning to parliament in Cairo. He appears to be a respected politician whose face appears on banners and posters around the area, a sign of his popularity. (
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  • A family of rive ride fast on a motorbike on a road in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Speeding alongside a calesh carriage, the family overtake, the father driving the bike with two small children at the front with mother talking on the phone and a smaller child held too. Health and safety is barely understood in an Egyptian city.
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  • Local architecture of a green door and blue painted house in in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
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  • Seen through rusting railings, tourists and the tall Obelisk at the entrance of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Just two visitors walk under the monolith during the tourist downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • Guards await tourists near Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • Looking east from the West Bank bank of the river Nile, of a rising sun with electricity power pylons above the city of modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent (after Nigeria and Ethiopia). About 95% of the country's 82.5 million (2012 est.) people live along the banks of the Nile throughout the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal.
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  • A young Egyptian boy plays an acoustic guitar at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. He has been playing for only three months and can already play a variety of chords and even recite the theme of the film, Titanic. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn as state schools are under-resourced, lacking basic teaching aides such as books or musical instruments. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Image).
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  • Young Egyptian girls learn to knit with the help of Belgian teaching volunteers at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn as state schools are under-resourced, lacking basic teaching aides such as books. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes.
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  • Local children get help with playing memory card games from a Belgian teaching volunteer at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn as state schools are under-resourced, lacking basic teaching aides such as books. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes.
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  • An elderly Egyptian sleeps in the mid-day shade of a mud-splattered wall in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Stretched out on an upturned wooden box, the old man dozes peacefully at a time during the day when people stay indoors and sleep in their homes or businesses until cooler air once again flows through villages and cities alike.
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  • A privately-owned motorboat ferry flying the German flag and dependent on all tourist trade crosses the River Nile in front of a sunbather at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Plying the great African river is a cheap fare state-run ferry used by commuters and locals but these motorboats serve tourists and therefore one of the many victims of the tourism downturn. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt is down by up to 80% in 2016 from the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • The exterior of the main railway station in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Overnight trains from Cairo arrive early morning with the station is some 400m from the River Nile and the ancient Egyptian antiquities of Luxor Temple.
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  • Local architecture of a green door and blue painted house in in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. This scene is typical of the quiet pace of rural everyday life, far away from the chaotic capital, Cairo whose government controls the policies that affect the people of small villages.
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  • Local traffic in the main square opposite the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt, seen from a first storey cafe as traffic drives past. An aerial view across the central space used by local familes and passing tourists en route to the temple's first pulon and the lower minaret of Abu el-Haggag's mosque.
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