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‘The Voice of Meretseger’

Thomas Cook & Son (1841-)

The Front of the Old Luxor Hotel, circa 1910

“Days at Luxor were delightful, and nights in the Luxor Hotel
dreamless…Everything was clean and fresh and pleasant. The scent of

mimosa flowers floated in at a window and open door. The chirruping

birds met your ear. The air seemed to be golden with sunlight by day and

silver with the moonlight at night. Tall palm trees shaded you from the
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midday sun… Truly, for me the Luxor Hotel was a place of delights ”
Charles A. Cooper, ‘Seeking the Sun: an Egyptian Holiday’, 1892

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