Sunday, 6 July 2025

Egypt - Monday 19th May - Part 1 - Valley of the Kings

Another huge day in which we had an early start in the Valley of the Kings.

Above:- Graham having a one dolla photo taken. He paid who ever took the pic one dollar (hand in his pocket). Bless, he looks like he is waiting for the school bus, I think its his old ARC work hat, who'd thought that this old hat would one day visit a pharaohs tomb.

Its hot again but not unbearable. All that desert, nothing green. There is a little strip that runs up each side of the Nile that is green, everything else looks like the above.

Amazing blue sky.

KV 2 Ramesses IV

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رمسيس الرابع

KV = Kings valley.

I took so many photos, these are just my favourites.

Not a space is left on the walls its starting to feel extremely overwhelming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV2

Then it is on to the star of the show.

The tomb of Tutankhamun. There are so many different spellings nobody knows which one is correct. I'm going with the one below.

KV 62 Tutankhamun

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توت عنخ امون

Good shot of our silence box as well. I have a silly hat as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Tutankhamun

And here below is the young man himself!

His mummy is still in the tomb. WOW. Its like meeting a celebrity!

He is about to be taken to Cairo, so we are amongst the last tourists to see him in situ.They have built the most awe inspiring museum in Cairo and a whole wing is dedicated to King Tut and his treasures. We visit the GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum) later in this post on our return to Cairo.

He has an whole army of baboons. (below).

Baboons are nasty creatures, (we met some of these bullies in South Africa) I guess that's the general idea, to terrify the enemy, steal their lunch, hat and mobile phone.