Luxor, Egypt

I can't read the postmark, but it's presumably Cairo because that is where my friend lives.  The date is 11 August 2009.
Egypt - Luxor: the Temple of Luxor, colossal head of Ramesses II.

My friend who sent this tells me Luxor used to be called Thebes.  I hadn't realised that.  The Greek poet Homer described the wealth of Thebes in his epic poem, the Iliad.