Luxor
used to be the 4th Nome of Upper
Egypt
in the province of Qena . The ancient Egyptian name of Luxor was (wast) which means the symbol of rule and authority . It was also known as (southern Iwn) or Iwn Smc , as the northern Iwn was Heliopolis . The
Greeks
called it
Thebes
and later on called it Diospolis , "City of Zeus" (Zeus being the god whom the Greeks identified with Amun) . The Greeks surnamed the city Megale , "the Great" , to differentiate the city from numerous others named Diospolis . The Romans then rendered the name Diospolis Magna . The city was called by the famous Greek poet (Homer) “the city of hundred gates” . When the
Arabs
came to Egypt . they called the city (Alqusur) which means city of palaces and from it , the modern name Luxor was derived .
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