Sun Set Hotel Luxor

Ali Ebn Abytaleb St, El Kornaich Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt

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Hot air ballooning and sights of Luxor

A travel blog entry by nuwan_shali

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Ahmed met us near the Statues of Memnon and we started our West Bank tour there. We went on to the Valley of the Kings, an ancient burial ground for the great pharoahs. Queen Hatshepsut is also buried there, as is King Tutankhamon. We were able to see 3 tombs for 3 different kings - while they were similar, the differences between them were quite remarkable. The preservation of the original colour inside these tombs, as well as the carvings on the wall and ...

Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... it was used to measure the height of the Nile and to predict the level of the annual flood. But more importantly, the more steps that were covered, the higher the flood, resulting in the bigger the harvest which ultimately meant the higher the taxes. Yes, even back then there were only three certainties. Birth, death and taxes.

On the inside of the outer wall there were some fascinating reliefs depicting the victory of Horus over Seth. These are shown as mystery plays in which ...

Cairo to Luxor, by Don Hogle

A travel blog entry by wareameye

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... Isis and Osiris and their son Horus. Alexander the Great appears in carvings on the temple walls, crowned as a ruler of Egypt after the Macedonian conquest. You can see the remnants of a Last Supper fresco, plastered over the Egyptian carvings in Roman times, when part of the temple was converted into an early Christian church. And above the temple, attached at a time when most of it was buried in the sands, is a mosque, still open ...

Luxor, Balloons and temples!

A travel blog entry by frusc101

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... anyway) I decided to stick to the 3 tomb entry granted with the ticket. These were all fascinating in themselves, being rich in carvings and being underground and sealed for much of their history still have a large amount of their original paintwork remaining - quite spectacular and although fairly tired it was certainly worth thevisit.

On the way home there was time to visit one more temple; the Al-Deir Al-Bahari Temple, which was quite interesting as seemingly being carved ...

Once More Into The Valley of Death

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... Ramses I only ruled for one year, therefore the tomb is not as spectacular as some of the others in The Valley. Having said that, his pink granite sarcophagus has been rebuilt and lies in the centre of the chamber, whilst the reliefs, colourful if not spectacular, show excerpts from The Book of Gates, and the deceased pharaoh kneeling between Anubis and Horus.

The second tomb was that of Ramses VII, again a fairly short tomb, although quite deep and down a large number ...

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