Having arrived in Luxor the previous eve, we received a wake-up call at 6am & by 7am we were heading to the Valley of the Kings. The valley itself is surrounded by hills of dirt & rocks, threatening to landslide any minute. It was dry & very hot - at least 37 degrees.
There are 72 known tombs in the VOKs, & our pass enabled us to visit only 3 of them. About 12 tombs are open for tourism & each day/week several are closed for cleaning &/or renovations. The ones we visited, as recommended by Big Mo, were King Ramses IV, & two others whose names I can't remember. Compared to temples we’d visited to date, these tombs maintained an astonishing amount of detail. The colours were still quite vivid, & the drawings & hieroglyphics relatively unscathed. This was definitely one of the highlights of the visit so far.
King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered here in 1912 by a couple of foreigners. It was discovered underneath one of the Ramses tombs. There was an extra charge of 100EP to view his tomb, which I declined. Most of his tomb possessions, excluding his mummy & coffin, are in the Egyptian Museum anyway, so seemingly there’s not much to see.
There are 72 known tombs in the VOKs, & our pass enabled us to visit only 3 of them. About 12 tombs are open for tourism & each day/week several are closed for cleaning &/or renovations. The ones we visited, as recommended by Big Mo, were King Ramses IV, & two others whose names I can't remember. Compared to temples we’d visited to date, these tombs maintained an astonishing amount of detail. The colours were still quite vivid, & the drawings & hieroglyphics relatively unscathed. This was definitely one of the highlights of the visit so far.
King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered here in 1912 by a couple of foreigners. It was discovered underneath one of the Ramses tombs. There was an extra charge of 100EP to view his tomb, which I declined. Most of his tomb possessions, excluding his mummy & coffin, are in the Egyptian Museum anyway, so seemingly there’s not much to see.
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