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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 EG02078jhp Egyptian Luxor West Bank Thebes hills mountain Valley Kings panorama from above KV19 and looking into 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, desert, rocky, sand, heat, exposed, isolated, desolate, looking, down, high-up
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Valley of Kings Luxor
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Valley Kings Highview EG02078jhp
Upload Date: 2002-10-27 08:38:13
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Egyptian Luxor West Bank Thebes hills mountain Valley Kings panorama

from above KV19 and looking into 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, desert, rocky, sand, heat, exposed, isolated, desolate, looking, down, high-up