Egypt: Luxor - The Quest For Immortality

This film explores the traces of pharaonic culture. Their monuments, lined along the Nile like a string of pearls, reflect the power of the pharaohs and the power of their belief in a life after death. Our first stop is Abydos, 150 kilometres north of Luxor and, because of its temple, one of the holiest places in all of Egypt. Then we continue on to Luxor, known as Thebes in ancient times, which was for many years the capital city of the pharaonic kingdom. Nowhere else in Egypt will you find as many remnants of the past so close together. On the west bank of the Nile is found the largest necropolis in the world: the Valley of the Kings, in which the legendary tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen was found in 1922. Further highlights of western Thebes: the three-tiered temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the tomb of Queen Nefertari and the settlement of Deir el-Medina, in which Pharaoh's artists and tradesmen lived. On the east bank of the Nile lies the part of Luxor most famous for the temple city of Karnak and for the Temple of Luxor, which has housed a mosque for many centuries. Our journey ends in Edfu, one hundred kilometres south of Luxor, with a visit to the mighty and particularly well-maintained Temple of Horus.

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