Luxor tsohon gari ne na Tebas wanda ke gabar gabashin kogin Nilu, daya daga cikin manyan wuraren tafiye-tafiye zuwa Masar.
Kuma aka sani da wuta (a cikin tsohuwar Masar), babban Homer ya kira ta "Birnin ƙofa ɗari", saboda yawan kofofin da aka gina cikin ganuwarta, yayin da Larabawa suke kiranta Al-Uqsur "Garin Fadar Sarauta."
Gaskiyar ita ce, birni ne na manyan gidajen ibada na tsohuwar Misira, kamar Luxor da Karnak, suna ƙarawa zuwa sanannen necropolis da aka gina a yammacin yamma na Kogin Nilu don binne fir'auna da manyan mutanen Misra ta dā a cikin abin da aka sani kamar Kwarin Sarakuna da Kwarin Sarauniya.
Ba abin mamaki bane, an san garin a matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya na sararin samaniya ba tare da daidaito ba a duk duniya wanda ya kasu kashi uku: Luxor shine tsohuwar birni wanda yake gabashin gabashin Kogin Nilu, birnin Thebes da Karnak, waɗanda aka samo su a gefen yamma na Kogin Nilu, daura da Luxor, kuma yanzu an haɗa shi ɗaya.
A matsayin babban birni na Thebes a cikin tsohuwar Misira (1550-1069 BC) shi ne birni wanda ya girmama Allah Amon Ra (allahn tsoffin Masarawa Mataharai).
A yau baƙi na duniya suna al'ajabin manyan abubuwan tarihi guda biyu: na Haikalin Luxor wanda ya yi alfahari da hanyar da sphinxes ya gina da farko wanda Amenhotep III da Ramses II suka gina, waɗanda suka kammala haikalin.
Har ila yau, haikalin yana da manyan katakai biyu, waɗanda suke a kowane gefen ƙofar ƙofar kuma tana da alaƙa da babban baranda da ke da damar shiga ɗakuna, ɗakuna, ɗakin haihuwa, ɗakin bayarwa da sauran wurare masu tsarki.
Hakanan yana nuna Haikalin Karnak, cibiyar addini mafi mahimmanci da aka keɓe don bautar allahn Amun da sauran alloli.