Egypt Day 5 - Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut 21st May 2024

Day 1 - London to Cairo	Day 2 - Cairo - Museum, Mosque & Hotel	Day 3 - Cairo - Pyramids
Day 4 - Luxor & Karnak	Day 5 - Nile - Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut	Day 6 - Nile - Edfu & Kom Obu
Day 7 - Nile - Abu Simbel	Day 8 - Aswan - Dam, Philae Temple & Obelisk	Day 9 - Aswan - Kitchener Island
Day 10 - Aswan - Old Cataract	Day 11 - Aswan to Home

        

Day 5... The Valley of the Kings really blew my expectations, the colurs and detail were amazing; they're 4,000 years old and I'd just expected dusty tunnels and damaged walls.

 
Map of the Tombs accessible to the public. You buy a ticket depending on how many and which particular tombs you wanted to see.

The surrounding area was like something from Indiana Jones, giving little clue of what laid beneath...

 

        

Rameses IV - KV2
 
Tomb layout...
 

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Rameses III (KV 11)

Tomb layout...

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Where next Miche?

 

 

Tutankhamun (KV62)

The most famous of them all, while the contents have largely been removed to Cairo, the mummified body remains in place in a glass case, but I haven't put any photos up here of that...

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Thought it's the most famous, the tomb itself is a lot smaller than many of the others...

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Next - Day 5 - Valley of the Kings - Part 2

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