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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 EG006124jhp Egyptian Valley King mountain rocky cliffs steep eroded Seti 11 entrance which are approached after leaving the main collection area resthouses which comes after obtaining tickets at the outer barrier after being transferred by shuttle from the coach park and visitors centre. This is 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, Seti 11, tombs, landscape, upright, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, views, road, shuttle, service, conservation, pollution, prohibition, entrance, tractors, trailers, tracks, shelters, transport, trains, entrances, Tutankhamun, tomb, shelters, rest, house, desert, rocky, sand, heat, exposed, isolated, desolate, crowds, visitors, tourists, busy, 2000, film, slides, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, manual
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Valley of Kings Luxor
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Valley Kings EG006124jhp
Upload Date: 2016-01-20 11:41:54
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Egyptian Valley King mountain rocky cliffs steep eroded Seti 11

entrance which are approached after leaving the main collection area resthouses which comes after obtaining tickets at the outer barrier after being transferred by shuttle from the coach park and visitors centre. This is 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, Seti 11, tombs, landscape, upright, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, views, road, shuttle, service, conservation, pollution, prohibition, entrance, tractors, trailers, tracks, shelters, transport, trains, entrances, Tutankhamun, tomb, shelters, rest, house, desert, rocky, sand, heat, exposed, isolated, desolate, crowds, visitors, tourists, busy, 2000, film, slides, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, manual