The Valley of the Kings was up there with the Pyramids and the Cairo Museum for me. Mohammed, our guide took us to three tombs on our ticket entry and pointed out that entry to the tomb of Tutankhamen was additional and perhaps not worth it as it was only very small. We had to disagree and opted to pay the additional 200 Egyptian pounds to enter Tutankhamen’s tomb. You could spend days exploring the various tombs at the Valley of the Kings, but we took in three of the highlights ( missing out on the best which was closed). The first was, Tomb of Ramses III (no.11), secondly was the tomb of Tuthmosis III (no.34) and thirdly was the Tomb of Ramses 1 (no.16). It was a 38 degree day in a desert valley so it was lucky we saved the main event to last to keep us motivated through the day.
So our final exploration was the tomb of Tutankhamen. One of our guides put it best regarding Tutankhamen – The real significance is not the pharaoh himself, but the discovery of his untouched tomb. Perhaps the best secret to living after death was to ensure that your tomb remained untouched by tomb robbers! It’s the smallest tomb we entered and it was simply astonishing to know the treasures that came from within.
This was a highlight experience that still gives me chills! But sorry photos forbidden.
We stopped for another over priced buffet lunch then on to the hotel to check in and sit by the pool for some down time. The next day we were up at 7:30am to head to the tombs of the nobles and the tombs of the workers, also located on the west bank of Luxor and close to where we were the day before.
This was a different day as it was early morning and we were alone again, without the crowds and queues . We had the opportunity to get some more photos and witness some more highly decorated tombs. We visited the temple of the workers and were allowed to film and photograph finally! I think Michelle was feeling lost without her camera!
Nobles Tomb
Workers temple
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