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 tuf tuf at the Valley of the Kings by sue_stone The Valley of the Kings is a canyon and a place of death, where nothing grows on the steep cliffs and it gets scorching hot - even in winter when we were there! The valley is home to around 20 tombs - the final resting place of ancient pharaohs. It is here that the tomb of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun can be found. From the car park you can catch a Tuf Tuf (small road train) up to the entrance of the tomb area. On our visit we had the chance to go into 3 tombs, and they were all spectacular inside - the walls/ceilings were covered with coloured paintings and hieroglyphs, carved into the walls. Make sure you bring some water with you - it gets pretty hot and crowded inside some of the tombs. Oh, and no photos can be taken inside to protect the coloured hieroglyphs. It is hard to explain how impressive it is - you will have to see it for yourself! Leave a Comment
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by sayedaburas The current examination revealed that Tut's head is the only well preserved part of the whole mummy, while the rest of the body is in a very bad condition as a result of Carter's attempts to remove Tut's famous golden mask from the mummy's face. Leave a Comment Address: CT scanDirections: Newest technology
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 View from entrance to Tuthmosis III's tomb by Tijavi, 4 more photos The Valley of the Kings (VoK) is a must-visit. By now, you probably know what to expect here - pharaonic tombs to your heart's content. A few practical tips on visiting VoK: 1) Best time to visit would be early afternoon (around 1-2 pm) when most tourists wouldn't want to venture under soaring temps. Suicidal? Not really. That would be the time when tombs have least number of visitors, when you can have them all to yourself, like me. Don't fret, there are shaded areas and the tombs are well ventilated inside-actually felt cooler inside the tombs. 2) Take some time to view the 3D fiberglass model of the site at the entrance - this gives a feel of the lay of the land, as well as clues on what to expect, and help you plan which tombs would be most fun to view. 3) Rethink plan to see Tutankhamun's tomb - most of the artifacts had been moved to the Egyptian Museum, so the empty tomb may not justify the extra fees , which you pay on top of the standard EGP 70 fee (good for 3 tombs). 4) Don't miss Tuthmosis III's tomb - one the earliest to be built, it's the least accessible, and the most fun to visit-you climb a steep hill, cross a steep ravine to the entrance, from where you descend several meters below ground, crossing a deep shaft built to entrap ancient robbers. Sounds complicated? Try it yourself and you'll know what I mean. Warning: not for the faint of heart! 5) Forget what guidebooks say about bringing water - in this most tourism-corrupted town in the world, price of bottled water should be pretty much the same everywhere. Bringing water would not only be cumbersome, water would also be useless after being exposed to the sun. You can buy water at the stores located beside the main visitors' area at the entrance. 6) Respect regulations on taking photos - being alone inside the tombs, I could have switched to my shutter-happy mode, but chose not to (taking pictures inside is not allowed). The paintings are in a delicate condition and any measure to preserve them should be encouraged. Happy tomb viewing! Leave a Comment Directions: Visitors usually see the tombs through organized tours. You could also hire a taxi for a day, which costs about EGP 120 (~USD 20) as of May 2007. It would be suicidal to bike your way to VoK during summer and even spring.
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 Tut Ankh Amum by sayedaburas As a work of art the painted wooden figure shown here stands out among the whole contents of Tutankhamum's tomb. It represents the infant sun god at the moment of birth emerging from the blue lotus. The features and the shape of the elongated skull (the profile) is very close to Amarana princesses, who may have been his half-sisters. Leave a Comment Address: Egyptian MuseumPhone: +20101888443Directions: Brought from Tut's tomb
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 Latest technologies in action by sayedaburas Rumors and theories have circulated about Tut's untimely death ever since Howard Carter discovered his tomb in 1922. X-rays taken in 1968 and 1978 added to the debate. Now high-resolution CT images would probe the mysteries of this pharaoh who ruled more than 3,300 years ago. The mummy of the young king Tut Ankh Amun was carefully removed from the sarcophagus for the CT-Scan. As soon as the scanning was done, the resulting images revealed an important clue about the pharaoh's death: His skull was intact, putting to rest a popular theory that a blow to the back of his head killed him. In the weeks following the scan, experts from Egypt and Europe scrutinized Tut from every angle by computer. They concluded that he was a normal, healthy, well-fed young man who was about 19 when he died. Although some on the team thought he had broken his left leg just above the knee, which might have led to a deadly infection, they couldn't be sure. So what—or who—killed King Tut remains an unsolved mystery, at least until further study. Ref. National Geography. Leave a Comment Address: Luxor, Valley of KingsDirections: Upper Egypt
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 Opening the coffin by sayedaburas In King Tut's burial chamber a team of archaeologists and technicians examines the gilded wooden lid of the teenage pharaoh's outer coffin after removing the monumental quartzite sarcophagus, so Tut can be lifted out and scanned by computed tomography (CT). Then workers carried the mummy—cradled in a shallow wooden box—to a specially equipped trailer parked just outside the rock-cut subterranean tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In the background are wall-paintings of the rituals of death. Leave a Comment Address: LuxorDirections: Egypt
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 Tourists at Valley of the Kings, Egypt by jumpingnorman The real treasures here are the tombs themselves! This is the Valley of the Kings, but note that there is also a Valley of the Queens (I actually saw the Valley of the Queens first before the Kings). Some are tombs are still under excavation, but looting has desecrated a lot of the tombs. Of course, the most memorable for me is the tomb of King Tut as I have seen movies and documentaries about this tomb several times before. It's like you can still feel the presence of Howard Carter who discovered it. I should have worn khakis to really get into the mood....hehehe There is an eerie feeling with every tomb you enter as they were built to resemble the Underworld. The name of the Pharaoh for whom the tomb was built is marked well, but you need a really good memory to remember them all! Be sure to go to the spectacular tomb of Ramses VI --- the wall and ceiling paintings are spectacular! As for the others, I can't remember whose tomb it was, but just be aware that each tomb looks so different and sizes also differ. Actually, Tut's Tomb was very small compared to others and there was a small fee to enter it because of the number of people who want to go in. Leave a Comment
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 Valley of the Kings (Thebes Necropolis) by Jim_Eliason, 4 more photos The Valley of Kings was the secet burial place of Middle and New Kingdom Pharaohs. The sight contains 64 known tombs and undoubtly many more are near by that have not yet been discovered. All the tombs except one (King Tut's) was robbed and contain no grave goods. However most of them include magnificent freizes, many of which preserve the original colors despite 3,000 years of aging. Unfortunately no photography is allowed in the tombs so I can not show you. It is believed that this particular site was chosen for the necropolis due to the natural Pyramidal shape of the adjoining mountain. Leave a Comment Directions: West Bank
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Tut-Ankh-Amun Tomb (now permanently closed) is near Merenptah tomb, which we visited. The tomb was discovered by the English Lord Carter under the tomb of Ramses VI. Actually it was discovered by mistake: inside Ramses VI's funeral room was an opening going down to Tut-Ankh-Amun's tomb, the only one found intact. All the items found in the tomb, except a sarcophagus and the Tut-Ankh-Amun's mummy, were moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It's interesting that Tut-Ankh-Amun is well-known in history because of his wealthy and not because of his personal accomplishments.
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 Imagination not image. by sayedaburas Tut's skull revived using 3D graphics inserting several layers on the image of the physical mummy, according to which this bust has been sculptured by Elisabeth Daynès. It is an imagination, but not the image; since the young king's images are available already. I do feel that the scientitsts kept here the Tal-El-Amarna influence in mind, mainly the heads of Queen Nefertiti. Leave a Comment Address: LluxorDirections: Egypt
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