Valley of the Kings/Queens

The Valley of the Kings... we did get to go into King Tut's tomb, just two days after Egypt placed his unwrapped mummy in a hermetically sealed vault with a plexiglass top. We saw Tut's treasure in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo before we traveled to Luxor. Photography was not allowed in the museum, nor in any of the tombs. We went into several other tombs, including Seti II, Ramses II and Amenhotep. The hieroglyphics inside the tombs was unbelievable... the colors still strong and the carvings sharp after 3,000+ years!




























































































Jan at the entrance to the tomb of Seti II with our guide, Emad.




Following our tour of the Valley of the Kings, we visited the Queens. The large temple in the background is the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt for 27 years as a man! Our guide informed us that "Hatshepsut" is pronounced like "Hat, Shep Suit!"




















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2 comments:

Shelly said...

These pictures make me thirsty. It looks sooooo hot and dry there. Nice hats, by the way...is that the official MFO hat?

11/12/2007
Nana said...

It IS hot and dry there... and the air is permeated with dust. What's amazing is that the green from the Nile Valley just STOPS on some magic line and the desert starts! There's no in-between. I drank 20 times as much water in Egypt as I do at home...

11/12/2007

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Life Is One Adventure After Another!

I started this blog page as a way to keep everyone up to date on Bob while he was working over in Egypt, and to share our wonderful travel experiences. Now that he's back home, I'll still post family updates once in awhile, as well as items of potential interest from the Decatur front... Life's little adventures continue... ;-)

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Nana