The Nile divides Luxor into east, West and East coasts, where Pharaohs and gods live, because it is where the sun rises. As the core region of Upper Egypt, its splendor has lasted for nearly a thousand years, and there are many temples. For travelers, most of them visit the two most important ones. Temple of Karnak is the largest temple in ancient Egypt. It was built by many pharaohs and completed in 1600. There are many tourists here, but unfortunately the temple is seriously damaged. You can shuttle through the multi-pillar hall with 134 towering stone pillars and look up from time to time, perhaps curing your cervical spondylosis; or, like most tourists, circle around the Scarab in the hope of being sheltered by Pharaoh and Amon Rashen. The Temple of Luxor is much quieter, standing quietly on the Nile, Ramses the Great is still majestic, and the obelisk is still high in the sky (another obelisk is now high in Harmony Square in Paris, France).