Day 2: Luxor Sightseeing

West bank :

Morning will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor and transfer to the west bank where you will visit the Valley of the Kings,

 

Kings valley :

for more than 500 years the pharaohs of 18 , 19 , and 20 dynasties  the chose valley of kings to make them tombs , we discover 64 tombs until now .

we found in kings valley tombs of great pharaohs like , Ramses II , Thutmose III , Hatshepsut , Seti I … ecc , for bad luck they were all stolen , just the tombs of  King Tut ankhamon the thieves didn’t succeed to steal it .

Then we move on to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut .

Queen Hatshepsut :

she was  daughter of Thutmosis I, she ruled Egypt about 23 years during the 18th Dynasty (approximately 1490-1469 B.C),

she was one of the the  pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt , she made a lot of things , she built a temple in west bank of luxor , two obelisks in Karnak , she wanted to built the biggest obelisk  ever built if it had been finished the work .. ecce her temple in west bank of luxor one of the most beautiful temples in ancient egypt

Then we will stop to visit colossi of Memnon .

 colossi of Memnon :

they were built in front of  the temple of  the king Amenhotep III  which were destroyed  by an earth quick , just the colossi remains until now for bad luck  .

lunch in local restaurant in luxor

East bank :

Continue driving to the east bank of Luxor to  visit Karnak Temples.

Karnak :

the biggest example of worship in the history about 2000 years to built it , from middle kingdom to Greek – Roman period most of the kings ruled egypt added something in karnak to dedicated to  God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu.

Then we will finish the tour in temple of Luxor .

Temple of Luxor :

the temple  built by Amunhotep III in 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom and  completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty.

Later drive to Aswan by modern air conditioned car .

Over night Aswan