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Egypt > Abu Simbel (1 file)

Photographs of the Great Temple of Ramses 11 at Abu Simbel and those of his wife's temple of Nefertari with some interior images as well.
Abu Simbel Entrance EG051387JHP 
 Abu Simbel Great Temple rock carved statue base symbolic marriage union Egypt Ramses 11 with this Union of the Two Egypts reliefs on the passage side at what was once a River Nile site but now reconstructed in a mammoth UNESCO rescue project in the 1960’s and housed in an artificial hill high enough to save it from the total flooding with the creation of Lake Nasser. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, rock, carved, huge, Great Temple, upright, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, seated, side, relief, union, upper, lower, plants, entwined, NIne Bows, enemies, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff, colourful, colorful, colours, colors

Egypt > Abydos & Dendara (9 files)

Images of two important sites north of Luxor near the River Nile but usually visted as an extra tour either by road or a day cruise.
Dendera Temple EG007125jhp 
 Dendara Dendarah temple Nile Egypt hieroglyphs wall carving spotlight sun in this beautiful mainly Ptolemaic and Roman structure although the site extends back into the earliest periods of Egyptian existence and it is also famous as having one of the only representations the famous Queen Cleopatra V11 with her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion. The temple can be reached by road from Luxor and is also the destination for a popular day cruise on the River Nile from Luxor via Qena. Walking around the many darkly lit passages and rooms there are occasional gems like this where a hole in the ceiling or wall lets a spotlight of sunshine highlight just one part of the elaborately carved and decorated walls. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Dendarah, Temple, mammisi, River, Nile, west, Qena, history, landscape, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Hathor, sistraform, face, damage, desecrated, Nut, ceiling, Ptolemaic, capitals, hall, detailed, columns, screen, elaborate, kiosk, court, sacred, lake, Osiris, Feast, mudbrick, enclosure, walls, boundary, roof, light, beautiful, holiday, travel, tourism, cruise, necropolis, city, Shabaka, Roman, Tiberius, Nectanebo 1, 2000, 35mm, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, manual, scanned, scan, Fuji, Velvia, 50asa
Dendara Main Entrance eg075493jhp 
 Dendara Temple entrance columns Corinthian Domitian Trajan Pro-pylon gate Egyptian, located north of Luxor survives as one of the finest examples of the Late Period and the main buildings visited today date from fourth century BC in to the Roman period. It has a notable rare representation of the famous Cleopatra, some beautiful carvings and is relatively unscathed by the ravages of time, desecration and being dismantled for building materials. The photo is of the main entrance passage from the North Propylon gate into the modern site with a small shrine and flanked with colums topped with beautifully carved floral Corinthian capitals. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, upright, Corinthian, passageway, columns, capitals, north, pro-pylon, Domitian, Trajan, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Bes, statue, God, columns, proplyon, gateway, gate, mudbrick, enclosure, wall
Dendara Main Entrance eg075492jhp 
 Dendara Temple entrance columns Corinthian Domitian Trajan Pro-pylon gate Egyptian, located north of Luxor survives as one of the finest examples of the Late Period and the main buildings visited today date from fourth century BC in to the Roman period. It has a notable rare representation of the famous Cleopatra, some beautiful carvings and is relatively unscathed by the ravages of time, desecration and being dismantled for building materials. The photo is of the main entrance passage from the North Propylon gate into the modern site with a small shrine and flanked with columns topped with beautifully carved floral Corinthian capitals. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, landscape, Corinthian, capitals, north, pro-pylon, Domitian, Trajan, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Bes, statue, God, columns, proplyon, gateway, gate, mudbrick, enclosure, wall
Dendara Main Entrance eg075490jhp 
 Dendara Temple entrance columns Corinthian Domitian Trajan Pro-pylon gate Egyptian, located north of Luxor survives as one of the finest examples of the Late Period and the main buildings visited today date from fourth century BC in to the Roman period. It has a notable rare representation of the famous Cleopatra, some beautiful carvings and is relatively unscathed by the ravages of time, desecration and being dismantled for building materials. The photo is of the main entrance passage from the North Propylon gate into the modern site with a small shrine and flanked with colums topped with beautifully carved floral Corinthian capitals. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, upright, Corinthian, capitals, north, pro-pylon, Domitian, Trajan, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Bes, statue, God, columns, proplyon, gateway, gate, mudbrick, enclosure, wall
Abydos Passage to Osireion 5373EG07JHP 
 Abydos Egyptian Temple Interior passageway steps Osireion corridor bulls, the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11.The photo is of the final stage of the passage and steps leading to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, Merenptah, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology,
Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5372EG07JHP 
 Abydos Temple wall relief corridor Kings list Sety offering crown , the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis
Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5366EG07JHP 
 Abydos Temple Corridor Kings Lists History Ancient Egypt wall reliefs in the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 and added to by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis
Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5365EG07JHP 
 Abydos Egypt Temple Ramses Interior Corridor Photo Kings List wall relief in the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 with additions by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis
Abydos Hall of Ancestors 5362EG07JHP 
 Abydos Temple wall relief Seti Ramses Corridor Bulls King List in the largest royal monument built in white limestone, situated at the most important and one of the oldest necropolis of ancient Egypt is the home of Osiris and the Temple of Seti/Sety 1 with additions by Ramses 11. The photograph illustrates the king-lists in the Hall of Ancestors in which Sety and his eldest son, the later Ramses 11 offer a list of their predecessors to the Gods although not completely accurate. Also known as the Corridor of Bulls this passage leads to the outside of the temple to the Osirieon, a cenotaph to Sety, completed by Merenptah. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abydos, Osireion, Seti, Sethos, Sety, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, hieroglyphs, hall, ancestors, bulls, door, king-lists, corridor, approach, Abedju, al-Madfunah, al-Ballyana, digital, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, prehistory, prehistoric, dynastic, God, necropolis, cult, Khentiamentiu, Osiris, Isis

Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx (1 file)

Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.
Khufu Queens Chamber EG951054JHP 
 Queen Chamber Great Pyramid Khufu Giza Ventilation Shafts Ba Passage was constructed of limestone and there is no evidence that any burial took place in it. This photo shows one of the so-called ventilation shafts which in recent years have been the centre of exploration using small robotic cameras finding the shaft ended with a small gate. Photographed in 1995 when restrictions were less strict but oh for a digital camera.

No model release is required for the use of this photo. 
 Keywords: Egyptian, Giza, Great Pyramid, Cheops, Khufu, pharaoh, interior, royal, tomb, burial, Queens, chamber, corbelling, limestone, ventilation, shafts, robot, 1995, Fuji 645, Bronica, upright, ancient, Egyptology, archaeology, transparency, scanned, flash

Egypt > Medinet Habu (1 file)

Pictures from the great Mortuary temple of Ramasses 111 called the Medinet Habu on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor
Medinet Habu Court EG053465JHP 
 Medinet Habu Temple Egypt Second Court Colonnade Colours Carvings Columns Passage located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court in this photograph offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, River Nile, West Bank, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, upright, terrace, passageway, pillars, second, courtyard, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Amun, Kematef, decorated, painted, colors, colours, hieroglyphics, surfaces, Djamet, Ramasses, Ramesses, Osiride, statues, portico, court

Egypt > Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn (1 file)

Photographs in this gallery cover the main sites of Amarna, its North Palace, Aten and Small Temple, Bani Hasan Rock cut chapels, Tuna el-Gebel with the Catacombs with baboon and ibis mummies, Stela of Akhenaten on the north boundary, Petosiris Tomb-Chapel, Chapels of Ptoemais and Isadora, Roman Water Wheel Well and Temple of Thoth and el Ashmunein with an Open Air Museum with huge granite statues of Baboons and nearby a Temple to Thoth with a later Christian Basilica all located along the River Nile between Cairo and Luxor accessed from the nearby university city of Minya
Amarna North Palace 5903EG07JHP 
 Amarna North Palace Overview Rooms Walls Passages Vista Egyptian Builder Akhenaten by River Nile near Egypt Minya city is built round a sacred pool now identified by a few palm trees in its centre. Its use along with the Hall of Foreign Tribute were perhaps part of the living areas for the royal family of Akhetaten and his Queen Nefertiti although little remains now except the foundations and bases of columns. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, al-Amarnah, Amarna, city, Akhetaten, Pharaoh, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Aten, North, Palace, sacred lake, palm trees, columns, walls, rooms, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, mudbrick, sand, desert, covered

Egypt > North of Cairo (1 file)

This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Alexandria Tomb Passage eg9613736jhp 
 Egypt Alexandria tombs entrance passageway stonework Kom es-Shoquafa catacombs Mediterranean is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaonic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is called Kom es-Shogafa, also spelt es-Shoquafa, al-Shawqaiah a necropolis of catacombs and ongoing archaeology. The garden area of this site has many exhibits including sarcophagi, carved capitals as well as a reconstructed Tombs, best known is Tigrane [Tigran] rescued from construction work in Tigrane Pasha Street in 1952. The style of decoration in this tomb is particularly important as it shows the blending of the major influences in the City’s history-Egyptian, Greek and Roman. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Kom, es-Shogafa, es-Shoquafa, al-Shawqaiah, el-Shoukafa, catacombs, rotunda, underground, submerged, flooded, columns, Tigran, Tigrane, rescue, tomb, paintings, reliefs, Osiris, mummified, mummy, niche, carved, Horus, funerary, Anubis, Thoth, bed, palm, fronds, Goddess, Isis, Nephthys, white, stucco, Apis, bull, winged, offering, King, shelves, storage, walls, scallop, shell, reconstruction, building, garden, open, air, museum, exhibits, artefacts, carvings, granite, Coptic, Cross, early, Christian, sarcophagus, sarcophagi, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright, passageway, interior

Egypt > Outlying Pyramids (6 files)

Pictures of pyramids and scenery related to them outwith the main sites of Giza and Saqqara such as Abusir, Dashur, El Lisht, Meydum and Hawara
Meidum Mastaba eg012929jhp 
 Meidum pyramid mastaba No 17 interior passage crawling board Sneferu ancient early example Faiyum of the final structure of the Egyptian pyramids that finally dominated the Giza skyline. It is thought at Maidum pyramid was the first smooth sided success evolving the Step Pyramid design from Saqqara. Now held to be started by Huni, last King of the 3rd Dynasty and completed by his son Sneferu so dating from around 2600BC. Latest theories suggest it collapsed possibly before it was completed evidenced by human remains found under the rubble. This view is looking up the causeway now covered in sand. You can also enter the interior of the pyramid down a long descending corridor of 57m into the natural rock under the pyramid where a short shaft allows access into the burial chamber with its impressive limestone lined corbelled roof. Near by is Mastaba No 17 into which you also access, torch advised, in which is a sarcophagus larger than the one in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid at Giza. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, Saqqara, River, Nile, Lower, Egyptian, Fayoum, Meydum, Pyramid, Mastaba, landscape, agricultural, fields, desert, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, looking up, construction, architecture, design, flaws, experimental, pharaoh, Snofru, Snefru, Sneferu, Huni, Maidum, Meidum, Maydum, necropolis, royal, tombs, chapel, death, burial, chamber, corbelled, roof, limestone, blocks, afterlife, el-Fayum, al-Fayyum, el-Faiyum, 3rd, Dynasty, collapse, masonry, robbed, step, layers, stone, mudbrick, mastaba, No 17, sarcophagus, passageway, crawl, anonymous, false, history, holiday, cruise, escarpment, floods, inundation, annual, high, ground, causeway, sand, buried, collapsed, June, 2001, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, 50asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom
Meidum Passage eg94697jhp 
 Maidum pyramid descending corridor passgeway 35mm slide steps cramped Egypt ancient early example of the final structure of the Egyptian pyramids that finally dominated the Giza skyline. It is thought at Maidum pyramid was the first smooth sided success evolving the Step Pyramid design from Saqqara. Now held to be started by Huni, last King of the 3rd Dynasty and completed by his son Sneferu so dating from around 2600BC. Latest theories suggest it collapsed possibly before it was completed evidenced by human remains found under the rubble. This view is looking up the causeway now covered in sand. You can also enter the interior of the pyramid down a long descending corridor of 57m into the natural rock under the pyramid where a short shaft allows access into the burial chamber with its impressive limestone lined corbelled roof. Near by is Mastaba No 17 into which you also access, torch advised, in which is a sarcophagus larger than the one in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid at Giza. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, Saqqara, River, Nile, Lower, Egyptian, Fayoum, Meydum, Pyramid, Mastaba, landscape, agricultural, fields, desert, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, pharaoh, Snofru, Snefru, Sneferu, Huni, Maidum, Meidum, Maydum, necropolis, royal, tombs, death, burial, chamber, corbelled, roof, limestone, blocks, afterlife, el-Fayum, al-Fayyum, el-Faiyum, 3rd, Dynasty, collapse, masonry, robbed, step, layers, stone, mudbrick, mastaba, No 17, sarcophagus, passageway, crawl, anonymous, false, history, holiday, cruise, escarpment, floods, inundation, annual, high, ground, causeway, sand, buried, collapsed, October, 1994, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM, 35mm, slide, film, wide, angle, low light
Meidum Passage eg94144jhp 
 Meidum pyramid descending corridor passgeway tunnel transparency steps cramped Egypt ancient early example of the final structure of the Egyptian pyramids that finally dominated the Giza skyline. It is thought at Maidum pyramid was the first smooth sided success evolving the Step Pyramid design from Saqqara. Now held to be started by Huni, last King of the 3rd Dynasty and completed by his son Sneferu so dating from around 2600BC. Latest theories suggest it collapsed possibly before it was completed evidenced by human remains found under the rubble. This view is looking up the causeway now covered in sand. You can also enter the interior of the pyramid down a long descending corridor of 57m into the natural rock under the pyramid where a short shaft allows access into the burial chamber with its impressive limestone lined corbelled roof. Near by is Mastaba No 17 into which you also access, torch advised, in which is a sarcophagus larger than the one in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid at Giza. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, Saqqara, River, Nile, Lower, Egyptian, Fayoum, Meydum, Pyramid, Mastaba, landscape, agricultural, fields, desert, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, pharaoh, Snofru, Snefru, Sneferu, Huni, Maidum, Meidum, Maydum, necropolis, royal, tombs, death, burial, chamber, corbelled, roof, limestone, blocks, afterlife, el-Fayum, al-Fayyum, el-Faiyum, 3rd, Dynasty, collapse, masonry, robbed, step, layers, stone, mudbrick, mastaba, No 17, sarcophagus, passageway, crawl, anonymous, false, history, holiday, cruise, escarpment, floods, inundation, annual, high, ground, causeway, sand, buried, collapsed, October, 1994, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4, upright, cramped, claustrophobic, tunnel
Hawara Pyramid Entrance 6391EG07JHP 
 Ancient Egyptian Hawara Pyramid South Face Entrance Door Blocks Rubble is located near Fayyum, to the south of Cairo, was the last pyramid built in the 12th Dynasty by the Pharaoh Amenemhet 111 of the later design using mudbrick core with limestone covering, now all missing. Most famous for the references to the Labyrinth; a comparison of its mortuary and temple complex to that at Knossos by Herodotus although little now remains new excavations are underway to determine what might still exist. This pyramid was built after the king’s first attempt at Dashur was abandoned owing to subsidence problems. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Hawara, pyramid, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, antiquity, upright, south, face, entrance, passage, bricks, mudbrick, limestone, blocks, pharaoh, Amenemhet, Amenemhat 111, royal, tomb, shafts, death, burial, afterlife
Hawara Pyramid Entrance 6390EG07JHP 
 Hawara Pyramid Mudbrick Built South Face Entrance Door Blocks el Fayoum located to the south of Cairo was the last pyramid built in the 12th Dynasty by the Pharaoh Amenemhet 111 of the later design using mudbrick core with limestone covering, now all missing. Most famous for the references to the Labyrinth; a comparison of its mortuary and temple complex to that at Knossos by Herodotus although little now remains new excavations are underway to determine what might still exist. This pyramid was built after the king’s first attempt at Dashur was abandoned owing to subsidence problems. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Hawara, pyramid, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, antiquity, upright, south, face, entrance, passage, bricks, mudbrick, limestone, blocks, pharaoh, Amenemhet, Amenemhat 111, royal, tomb, shafts, death, burial, afterlife
Hawara Pyramid Entrance 6386EG07JHP 
 Hawara Pyramid South Face Uncovered Entrance Door Limestone Blocks Lintel Egypt located near Faiyum, to the south of Cairo, was the last pyramid built in the 12th Dynasty by the Pharaoh Amenemhet 111 of the later design using mudbrick core with limestone covering, now all missing. Most famous for the references to the Labyrinth; a comparison of its mortuary and temple complex to that at Knossos by Herodotus although little now remains new excavations are underway to determine what might still exist. This pyramid was built after the king’s first attempt at Dashur was abandoned owing to subsidence problems. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Hawara, pyramid, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, antiquity, upright, south, face, entrance, passage, bricks, mudbrick, limestone, blocks, pharaoh, Amenemhet, Amenemhat 111, royal, tomb, shafts, death, burial, afterlife

Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis (1 file)

This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
Saqqara Tomb of Ti 6860EG07JHP 
 Ancient Mastaba Tomb Entrance Passage Bricks Ty Saqqarah Egypt Low Angle, overseer for the building of Sun Temples at nearby Abusir for the Pharaohs Neferikare and Niuserre of the 5th Dynasty c 2498-2345BC, is on the far edge of the north Saqqara necropolis and is reached by a walk past statues of three Greek Philosophers. It is fine example of the later style of the evolution of the mastaba tomb with a pillared portico, courtyard, burial shaft and a room with Ti’s replica statue viewed through a hole in similar fashion to the serdab of King Doser by the Step Pyramid. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, mastaba, tomb, Ti, Ty, overseer, entrance, walled, pillared, portico, courtyard, landscape, recent, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history

Egypt > Valley of Kings Luxor (3 files)

Photographs of the Valley of the Kings from tomb interiors as well as exterior views of the valley including the tombs of Ramses 1V, KV 43 and 19.
Valley Kings EG0213076jhp 
 Egypt Luxor Thutmosis 1V Tomb KV43 steep interior passage steps in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor which was robbed in antiquity and later restored by Horemheb through his official Maya. In the Tomb-Chamber is a red granite sarcophagus with still very brilliant colourful decoration as illustrated in the photo of the Goddess Nephthys.
Thanks to the capability of the modern digital camera and adjustments in Photoshop reasonably accurate colours can be exhibited of tomb paintings lit by low level artificial light when tripods and flash are not allowed such as the head of Anubis. This was taken before the current ban on tomb photography was introduced when you could purchase a ticket to photograph in two tombs in 2002. Unfortunately most of the photos of the painting had to be taken through Perspex which diminishes their quality as it obvious in several cases. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Thebes, Theban, Valley Kings, pharaoh, Tuthmosis, Thutmose, 1V, tomb, KV43, upright, Osiris, bearded, hedjet, white, crown, was, septer, ankh, Anubis, Hathor, jackal, head, painting, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, black, yellow, white, necklace, bright, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, hieroglyphs, hieratic, writing, Maya, restoration, text, death, burial, Nut, nightsky, mythology, afterlife, sarcophagus, Nephthys, out-stretched, granite, chamber, antechamber, interiors, austere, undecorated, columns, stars, ceiling, history, hieroglyphs, steps, passage, passageway, steep, bare
Tomb Ramasses IV EG01713JHP 
 Tomb Ramses 1V [KV2] Valley Kings Egypt Painted Ceiling Walls Tungsten Photo on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor, the ancient Egyptian capital city of Thebes and is a spectacular example of true majesty with scale, colour and elaborate craftsmanship carved out of solid rock. This was the only opportunity I had of using a tripod, special ticket available in 2001 and I had a roll of tungsten artificial light balanced slide film which allowed long exposures and a decent depth of field. The custodians could not have been more helpful and even cleared areas for me to photograph free of visitors but oh for my D700 DSLR. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Thebes, Valley, Kings, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, 1V, tomb, interior, inside, landscape, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, tungsten, slide, scanned, burial, Nut, nightsky, passages, chamber, hieroglyphs, coloured, colored, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, painted, ceiling, stars, spells
Tomb Ramasses IV EG017133JHP 
 Tomb Ramses 1V [KV2] Painted Corridor Passage Egyptian Builders Skills in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor, the ancient Egyptian capital city of Thebes and is a spectacular example of true majesty with scale, colour and elaborate craftsmanship carved out of solid rock. This was the only opportunity I had of using a tripod, special ticket available in 2001 and I had a roll of tungsten artificial light balanced slide film which allowed long exposures and a decent depth of field. The custodians could not have been more helpful and even cleared areas for me to photograph free of visitors but oh for my D700 DSLR. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Thebes, Valley, Kings, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, 1V, tomb, interior, inside, upright, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, tungsten, slide, scanned, burial, passageway, tunnel, sarcophagus, granite, chamber, hieroglyphs, coloured, colored, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, painted, ceiling, stars, spells

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