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We purchased a separate ticket to see the tomb of Tutankhamun, which now costs 70 LE (7 GBP).
The tomb was discovered on 4th November 1922 by the English archaeologist, Howard Carter. This was the only tomb at Thebes that had not been pillaged and still contained most of it’s treasures, which are now at the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Tutankhamun ascended the throne in 1333 BC, when he was only nine. During his ninth year of reign, he was assassinated. As it was an unexpected death, the chamber does not have much wall decoration, except in the burial chamber. Despite this, it is an amazing sight to see, and we were lucky enough to be there on our own, something I did not expect.
All cameras must be left with attendant at the top of the stairs to the tomb. Leave a Comment
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Being in Luxor, you cannot miss the Nile! Most hotels offer a Nile view. From the balcony in our hotel, the Sonesta, we had a side view of the Nile. The Nile is the world’s longest river and one of the most beautiful. Ancient Egyptians worshipped the Nile as a God. You can see a variety of boats on the Nile, from Felucca’s (sailing boats) to large cruise ships, there is always some activity to see. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Valley of the Queens: Valley of queens | Tip Rating: | | | | |
the most important tomb is the one of queen Nefertari the wife of king Ramsis the second.
Nefertari Meri-en-mut (a name meaning “the Lovely One, Beloved of Mut”) most probably married the great pharaoh Ramesses II before he mounted the throne and she held a position altogether peculiar and unequalled in the history of Egypt. Numerous epithets define her as the “sweet of love”, the “pretty – looking”, the “rich in charm”.
This leading role, compared with the other numberless wives of pharaohs, is confirmed by the fact that she was always in Ramesses’ retinue, not only during civil and religious ceremonies, but even in the course of important journeys, like the one made to Nubia in the year 24 of his reign (around 1255 BC), on the occasion of the inauguration of the little temple of abu Simbel dedicated to the goddess hathor and to Nefertari herself: the queen is represented in large statues equal in size with those of the pharaoh, an extraordinary fact, considering that generally the wife was shown at the side of the pharaoh hardly coming up to his knee. Address: west bank of luxor
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| | | | Luxor Temple: Luxor temple | Tip Rating: | | | | |
This temple was dedicated to the thebes triad: Amon (king of Gods), Mut (his wife) and Khnum (their son, the moon God).
The temple has a more unified plan than some Egyptian temples because it was essentially the work of only three pharaohs: Amenophis III, Tutankhamen, and Ramses II. Each new addition was situated in front of the older section. It has the typical Egyptian temple features: an entrance pylon, courtyards with porticoes, a hypostyle hall and at the end of the longitudinal axis, a sacred area, with the sanctuary, a birth house, and other small rooms, not accessible to the ancient public. In ancient times a 3,5 kilometers long avenue of sphinxes connected the two temples; originally these sphinxes had ram heads (Amon's symbol) but they were replaced with human-headed sphinxes in the 30th Dynasty.
The temple is about 250 m long and about 65 m height. Leave a Comment
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If you have an extra 40 EP burning a hole in your pocket, you can visit the tomb of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings.
Small and not as ornate by comparision to some of the other tombs here, it is probably more worth while to visit his treasures at the Cairo museum.
You can then save that extra 40 EP for a couple Stellas in down town Luxor in the evening, to wash some of that Pharonic dust taste out of your mouth... Leave a Comment
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