Join Glyphdoctors' Dr. Nicole Hansen for this special tour of Luxor (Jan. 16-Jan. 27, 2008), home to the most spectacular monuments of ancient Egypt and a vibrant modern culture that most tourists never have a chance to experience. An American-Egyptian Egyptologist, Nicole brings to this tour a special perspective of ancient and modern Luxor. At the Theban Mapping Project, she was responsible for editing a Web site on the Valley of the Kings and a guidebook to Luxor written by Kent Weeks. She also is married to a physician from Luxor's West Bank. The tour will be operated by GAT Tours. For more information and to reserve your space on this tour, visit http://www.glyphdoctors.com.

There are few places like Luxor. It's a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian temples, tombs, and relics. It's like one big open air museum. Here are a few sights from around the East and West banks that we saw during our stop there on the Big Trip.

Escaping the chaos of Cairo is pretty easy in Aswan, a picturesque spot on the Nile where life doesn't move too fast. It's also close to some spectacular ancient Egyptian temples and monuments.

The pyramids at Giza weren't the only pyramids built by the Egyptians. In this short video we show the evolution visible in these massive structures around Cairo.