Step back 3500 years in time on a half day tour to Valley of the Queens, explore some of the underground tombs of the queens. See the colorful paintings on the walls, and learn about the ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife. Then visit both of Medinet Habu Temple and Valley (Tombs) of the Workers.
Your private Egyptologist guide will pick you up from your hotel/Nile cruise in luxor to go to the west bank where you will start your half day tour, you will go first to The Valley of the Queens, called in the ancient time “ta-set-neferu”, which means “the place of the beauty”, used as a final resting place for members of the royal family (1500–1070 BCE), about 90 tombs were discovered there so far, queens, princesses, princes, where buried in this site, although their tombs are much smaller than the tombs of the pharaohs, but the walls of their tombs has managed to keep their colors in a perfect state of preservation.
Then proceed to Medinat Habu temple, it is one of the largest memorial Temples in Egypt. It measures 320m in length (East to West) and about 200 m in width (North to south). visit a royal palace, temples, and a series of wall carvings that depict memorial scenes and Ramesses III’s defeat of the Sea people.
Finally travel to the Valley of the Nobles, a sprawling collection of tombs that’s far less visited than the Valley of the Kings. Take in scenes of the owners’ daily lives, as well as depictions of the afterlife. Following the Valley of the Nobles, begin the return trip to Luxor, where this tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel or cruise ship.
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