Luxor Illustrated with Aswan, Abu Simbel and the Nile

REVIEW BY SARAH GRIFFITHS Ever since Michael Haag’s Luxor Illustrated was published in 2009, it has been an indispensable guide for travellers visiting Luxor and other sites in Upper Egypt. This new edition has been completely revised by Aidan Dodson to take account of more recent developments, such as the clearing of the Avenue of Sphinxes. Most of Haag’s original photographs are included, with a couple of additions from Dodson. The guide covers all the major sites in Luxor, and also Dendera, Abydos, the Ptolemaic temples to the south, Aswan, and Abu Simbel, illustrated with photographs of monuments, tomb scenes, temple reliefs, and Nile scenes. It is a shame that the images of De