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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 Highview EG02080jhp
Egypt Egyptian Luxor Thebes Valley Kings Tombs high view coachpark entrance looking from one of the most visited places in the world probably and certainly in Egypt is this desolate desert valley beneath the Theban mountain on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor famous for some of the most important Royal burials of this ancient civilisation. It is possible to climb over the hills above the Valley, pass above the huge amphitheatre of Deir el-Bahri above Hatshepsut’s spectacular Mortuary Temple and come down into Deir el-Medina, the workers village using the same paths as they must have done over 3000 years ago.
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© Jim Henderson

Photographer:

Jim Henderson

Collection:

Valley of Kings Luxor

Filename:

Valley Kings Highview EG02080jhp

Upload Date:

Sunday, October 27, 2002

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14.0 MB; 5315x3543 pixels

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Egypt Egyptian Luxor Thebes Valley Kings Tombs high view coachpark

entrance looking from one of the most visited places in the world probably and certainly in Egypt is this desolate desert valley beneath the Theban mountain on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor famous for some of the most important Royal burials of this ancient civilisation. It is possible to climb over the hills above the Valley, pass above the huge amphitheatre of Deir el-Bahri above Hatshepsut’s spectacular Mortuary Temple and come down into Deir el-Medina, the workers village using the same paths as they must have done over 3000 years ago.

Keywords:

Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, West, Bank, Thebes, Theban, hill, mountain, Valley, Kings, pharaoh, tombs, landscape, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, high, views, panorama, tracks, shelters, transport, trains, entrance, resthouse, coaches, park, Tutankhamun, desert, rocky, sand, heat, exposed, isolated, desolate, looking, down, high-up