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Were it not for it's substantial ancient Egyptian monuments, Luxor (ancient Thebes) would probably be little more than a small agricultural community, no different than many others along the Nile Valley. That is not the case. Indeed, Luxor contains some of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, and therefore it is swollen both with tourists and those people, in one form or another, working in the tourism industry. Hence, most visitors to Luxor love the the ancient sites, but are not particularly fond of the tourist experience in Luxor. In some respects, Luxor is not unlike an old gold rush town, where Egyptians come to pan for gold. Some of them have made fortunes here, but the stream is crowded with prospectors, many of whom are not all together familiar with how |