The Luxor is famous for it’s ultra bright spotlight and sleek black pyramid. What you may not realize, is that they actually house some really cool authentic Egyptian artifacts. There is a King Tut Museum that you walk through to see what a sarcophagus would have looked like in a real tomb. -Luxor King Tut Museum

The museum was actually pretty cool. The rooms are sized to scale form the notes of the guy who found Tut’s tomb in 1922. It is primarily reproductions, but accurately displayed. There are hieroglyphics on the walls, and shabtis (pronounced shwob tee) placed around the tomb. Those little statues were supposed to represent the slaves that would help the deceased in the after life. You’ll learn all sorts of nifty facts like that in some of the shops and exhibits. I know, you don’t generally go to Vegas to learn anything, but trust me, sometimes, learning can be fun. Ugh, I sound like a teacher.

You will probably spend about 15 – 20 minutes walking through the exhibit and another 5 or 10 in the gift shop at the end. You might even find yourself buying a book about ancient Egyptian legends. In the Gaza Galleria there is a store that sells Authentic Egyptian artifacts. In here you could drop well over $1,000 for an authentic shabti or artifact turned jewelry piece. Myself, I bought the replicas. I have to save my money for the one armed bandits.