(Day Trip To The West Bank)
Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to enjoy an excursion to visit the West Bank, which was a magnificent burial ground for the pharaohs, the Valley of Kings was the kingdom of Osiris, god of the underworld, from their grand tombs filled with treasures & decorated with amazing art, the Egyptian pharaohs believed they would embark on a journey in which they would meet the gods in the afterlife & achieve immortality, there are many kings buried in this valley. The most known tombs are Kings Tutmosis I, Tutmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramssess VI, King Mrenptah and AmonhotepII. Then Continue to Valley of the Queens which is located on Luxor, west bank of the River Nile, one and a half kilometers southwest of the Valley of the Kings, is also known as Biban al Harim and Ta Set Neferu, which means "seat of beauty". It was built to house the tombs of the queens, princes and Princess of the XVIII, XVIV, and XX. Enjoy the Temple of Queen Hatshipsut, which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty(1490–1469 B.C). the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt., then back to your hotel. |
