05 – KV62 – Tomb of Tutankhamun

Tomb of Tutankhamun, back in his tomb- “Can you see anything?” “Yes, wonderful things!”Howard Carter’s famous words as he peered into the treasure-filled tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Views: 6

04 – Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings – an area on the West Bank of the Nile where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt Views: 6

03 – The Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon, first pylon statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III standing at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis Views: 7

02 – Luxor Temple

Luxor temple, early evening. One obelisk missing: the other is in the Place de la Concorde, Paris. Views: 12

01 – Arrival

View from our hotel balcony in Luxor. First morning in Luxor. Balloons over the west bank. Looking towards the Kings’ Valley and Hatshepsut’s temple Views: 10