
Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel then join to your Egyptologist tour guide to start your 5 day Egypt tours by Visiting:
The Valley of the Kings:
Once called the great Place of the Truth, this valley popular now as the valley of the Kings, It is a Majestic domain of the Pharaohs who once set in great stone Sarcophagi, awaiting immortality, The isolated valley behind Deir El Bahri is controlled by the Pyramid-Shaped Mountain Peak.
This site for the burial of kings was carefully chosen; It is situated on the western bank of the Nile, because the sun god descends (dies) on the western horizon in order to revived again, and his youth is repeated on the eastern horizon.
For this reason, the West was connected with funerary concepts, and most ancient Egyptian tombs were generally took place on the western bank of
the Nile River for this reason.
The strong kings of the New Kingdom were buried under the top of a pyramid-shaped rock cliff surrounding the valley.
The option of the valley to carve the royal tombs was not a coincidence, as the pyramid was a icon of resurrection and everlasting life, and the pyramidal shape was considered a mark of the deities.
This region, and the peak itself, was under the dominance of the deity Hathor: “Mistress of the West.”
The secluded nature of this valley was another purpose why it was chosen as the final resting place of kings.
The tombs had been stolen in ancient times – as had the pyramids of the
Old and
Middle Kingdom – and to avert that fate, they chose hidden underground tombs in a isolated desert valley.
The first ruler of the New Kingdom whose burial in the
Valley of the Kings was assured was
Thutmose I (c. 1504-1492 BC), the third king of
the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to Eni, his head tomb excavator: “I observe the excavation of his tomb in privacy, with no one seeing and no one hearing.”
Enjoy Your Lunch Meal at Local Restaurant and Proceed Your 5 day Egypt tours by exploring:
The colossi of Memnon:
Massive pair statues popular as
the Colossi of Memnon, rising about 18 meters from the plain, they are the remains of what once the largest complex on the west bank, construct by Amenhotep the Third.
Two large giants that have been entrenched for thousands of years on the right of the road leading to the Tombs of the Dead in the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the rest of the temples scattered on the western mainland in Luxor Governorate, and they stand guard over the road and all the temples in the west.
They are the Colossi of Memnon sitting on the road leading to the temples, tombs and monasteries west of Luxor, and it is considered The two statues of Memnon are all that remains of the temple commemorating the pharaoh (
Amenhotep III), and the height of the statue reaches 21.90 meters.
The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut:
Rising out of the desert Plain, in a chain of terraces,
the temple of Hatshepsut Merges with sheer limestone Cliffs of the eastern face of the Theban Mountain as if Nature herself had construct this extraordinary monument.
The walls of the temple were covered with scenes representing the temple rituals and religious holidays, as well as the transfer of obelisks from the quarries to the Karnak Temple.
Perhaps the most distinctive scene is that in the middle balcony, which represents Hatshepsut’s mission to the country of Punt, which may currently be located near Eritrea, and its inhabitants were depicted.
its homes as well as the surrounding environment, in addition to the riches and exotic animals that the Egyptians brought with them from there, and on the other hand, it was depicted how Hatshepsut became the legitimate king of the country, not only by confirming her father Thutmose I’s appointment of her as his legitimate heir, but also that her father was the deity Amun.
To proceed your 5 day Egypt tours, we will transfer you to check in your 5* hotel to enjoy your overnight stay.
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Transport:
Private A/C Vehicle
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Meals:
Breakfast & Lunch
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Overnight:
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