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Luxor Travels
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Hot-air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings, followed by a full day tour to see the highlights of the ancient West Bank and East Bank monuments in Luxor. These highlights include Valley of the Kings (Necropolis of Thebes), the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the Colossi of Memnon and Karnak and Luxor Temples. You will be guided by a licensed Egyptologist tour guide and transported to all the sites by air-conditioned vehicle.
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Valley of the Kings
1h · Admission ticket not included
The Valley of the Kings we will show you the best 3 tombs .
After the Balloon on board, you will check out at 7:00 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Hatshipsut
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Sun rise Hot-air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings, followed by a full day tour to see the highlights of the ancient West Bank and East Bank monuments in Luxor. These highlights include Valley of the Kings (Necropolis of Thebes), the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the Colossi of Memnon and Karnak and Luxor Temples. You will be guided by a licensed Egyptologist tour guide and transported to all the sites by air-conditioned vehicle.
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Tomb of Ramses III
25m
(Admission is free if you have Valley of the Kings tektites )
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
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Tomb of Ramases IX
25m · Admission ticket not included
(Admission is free if you have Valley of the Kings tektites )
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
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Tomb of Merenptah
25m
(Admission is free if you have Valley of the Kings tektites )
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
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Tomb of King Tutankhamun (KV62)
25m · Admission ticket not included
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun 300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
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Temple of Hatshepsut
1h · Admission ticket not included
(Entrance fees to theTemple of Queen Hatshepsut 140.00 EGP)
After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh
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Colossi of Memnon
25m
Colossi of Memnon, Thebes
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
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The Karnak Temple
1h · Admission ticket not included
(Entrance fees to theTemple of Karnak 200.00 EGP)
The courtyard of Amun-Ra is one of the four aisles that make up the Temple of Karnak in Luxor in Egypt, which was dedicated to the worship of the good god Amun. The area of the courtyard is about 250,000 square meters, and some parts of it are in front of the public for restorations
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Temple of Amun
2h · Admission ticket not included
(Entrance fees to theTemple of Karnak 200.00 EGP)
The courtyard of Amun-Ra is one of the four aisles that make up the Temple of Karnak in Luxor in Egypt, which was dedicated to the worship of the good god Amun. The area of the courtyard is about 250,000 square meters, and some parts of it are in front of the public for restorations
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Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut,
10m
Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut
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Avenue of Sphinxes
20m
An avenue of human headed sphinxes of over one and a half miles (3 km) once connected the temples of Karnak and Luxor. This road was used once a year during the Opet festival when the Egyptians paraded along it carrying the statues of Amun and Mut in a symbolic re-enactment of their marriage. At Luxor temple Amun was magically transformed into Min the god of fertility.
Around 1,350 sphinx statues are thought to have lined this road together with barque chapels stocked with offerings. Queen Hatshepsut (1479-1425 BC) built six of these chapels. Each of which had a precise function such as to cool the oar of Amun or to receive the beauty of Amun.
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Obelisk of Thutmoses I
10m
Obelisk of Thutmose I- The smallest of the two remaining obelisks. Each face has three lines of inscriptions
Tuthmosis I was one of the great warrior-kings of ancient Egypt, extending his domains south into Nubia and north into Syria. In thanksgiving, he contributed many monuments in the capital town Thebes (now called Luxor). Among them, he raised a pair of obelisks here, though only one remains standing today. This obelisk id the one.
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Luxor Temple
1h · Admission ticket not included
Luxor Temple, which is dedicated to the Theben Triad of Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonsu. There you will see the granite statues of Ramses the Great. These ancient temples are a must-see for Luxor travelers.
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1h · Admission ticket not included
Take-Off Hot Air Balloons
