This morning we embarked on a tour of the West Bank, the “Necropolis of Thebes”, beginning with a visit to the famous Valley of the Kings & Queens – the burial ground of the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom when ancient Egypt was at its most powerful. Over sixty tombs have been discovered here to date.
From here we visited the lovely terraced funerary temple of Queen Hatchepsut – Egypt’s first female pharaoh. We then went to the fabled Colossi of Memnon, two enormous statues of Amenophotep III, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn.
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