Sept 25/23-Valley of the Kings…. Luxor pictures

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Abandoned homes that once when digging underneath, discovered Tombs
More excavations going on.
Homes of workers & artists that had worked on tombs of the kings
Desolate mountains. How anyone could find these tombs amongst that…. Well!!!
The Valley of the Kings map
Only 62 tombs found so far
Several of the entrances
All of these are from the tomb of Ramses III
Largest sarcophagus
Tomb of Ramses IV
Alabaster artist in ancient ways
Some new, some ancient artifacts
Bread for sale
The usual garb. How much do you want to bet they don’t have much under that? The only way to keep cool!!
The entrance had been lined with many(?) sphinx’
The mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC)… first female to rule Egypt

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