The Pharaonic Rams Road in Luxor opens to tourists for the first time

The Great Procession Road, known as the Rams Road.

À archival

The historic city of Luxor in Upper Egypt lives in a festive atmosphere, in which the city relives scenes and images that took place in the middle of the Pharaonic Rams Road about 3500 years ago.

Yesterday, at 7 pm, the city witnessed a major celebration, marking the opening of the Great Processions Road, known as the Rams Road, for the first time to tourists.

The celebration included the running of a huge pharaonic procession, in the middle of the Rams’ Road, through which the rituals and images of the ancient Egyptians’ celebrations of the Opet feasts in ancient Thebes (currently Luxor), which were taking place in the middle of the Pharaonic Rams Road, and the Nile since 1400 BC.

And as the head of the Central Administration of Upper Egypt Antiquities, Dr. Muhammad Abdel Badie, says, the archaeological evidence indicates that the oldest antiquities found on the procession road, or the Sphinx Road, which is known today as the Pharaonic Rams Road, are six chapels that were erected by Queen Hatshepsut on both sides of the road. Perhaps in 1400 BC, which indicates that the Opet celebrations, which were restored the day before yesterday in the celebration of the opening of the Way of the Rams, may date back to more than 3,500 years ago.

In statements to the German News Agency (dpa), Abdel Badi pointed out that the Opet Festival procession, which runs in the middle of the rams' road, marking the opening of the historic road for its visitors from the world's tourists, the ancient Egyptians recorded its details on the walls of the pillared hall of King Amenhotep III - 14 columns - inside the Luxor Temple, where the drawings and inscriptions that record the details of that celebration show all its processions, by land and river, including groups of sacred boats, dancers, and other accurate details that document what was happening in the city of Luxor, the Nile River, and the middle of the road Rams are one of the celebrations and processions held by the ancient Egyptians on the Feast of Opet.

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news