Luxor ( /ˈlʌk.sɔr/ or /ˈlʊk.sɔr/; Arabic: أَلْأُقْصُر Al 'Uqṣur) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 (2010 estimate), with an area of approximately 416 square kilometres (161 sq mi). As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile, lie the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank Necropolis, which include the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Thousands of international tourists arrive annually to visit these monuments, contributing a large part towards the economy for the modern city.
Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the great capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom, and the glorious city of the god Amon-Ra. The city was regarded in the Ancient Egyptian texts as w3s.t (approximate pronunciation: "Waset"), which meant or "city of the sceptre" and also as t3 ip3t (conventionally pronounced as "ta ipet" and meaning "the shrine") and then, in a later period, the Greeks called it Thebai and the Romans after them Thebae. Thebes was also known as "the city of the 100 gates", sometimes being called "southern Heliopolis" ('Iunu-shemaa' in Ancient Egyptian), to distinguish it from the city of Iunu or Heliopolis, the main place of worship for the god Re in the north. It was also often referred to as niw.t, which simply means "city", and was one of only three cities in Egypt for which this noun was used (the other two were Memphis and Heliopolis); it was also called niw.t rst, "southern city", as the southernmost of them.
The Kid is Back!
Genie: I'll take a slice of that! [grabs piece of pizza]::Genie: Mmm... Oily but good.::Genie: I was having a bit of a sugar dip.
Genie: [after the villian wishes the deliverer was dead] Let's say that's your last wish, but Genie won't grant it. Genie doesn't kill, Genie rules! Next time you get the lamp,read the manual. [Goes back in lamp]
2, 3, 4
In the body, in the mind
I remember all too suddenly
I remember most of all
How I happened once to fall
Fall for her so very suddenly
Yeah
In the heartbeat, in the drum
Manifested, open suddenly
I can touch you like a skin
All around the skin Im in
Grows around you very tenderly
Yeah
In the circle, in the round
Im around you oh so suddenly
Cutting out a disc of moon
Antimatter well be soon
And it matters when youre suddenly
Yeah
In the winter, in the ground
Plant the bones that grow so suddenly
I can touch you like the sun
Touches everyone
Everyone is fading gradually
Yeah