In front of more excavations

Luxor - Valley of the Kings

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March 30th 2008
I apologise in advance - in this entry I'm going to try to describe the Valley of the Kings and will fail miserably. No pictures are allowed inside the tombs, so what you see is just outside stuff. You'll have to go there yourself to really see and experience it! First off we stopped at the Collossus of Memnon, which was once a large temple for Amon, but all that remain are two very large sta ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more