Me in front of Two Statues outside of Hatshepsut's Temple

Valley of the Kings & Luxor, Egypt

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July 11th 2008
Twelfth & Thirteenth Stop: Valley of the Kings & Luxor: Next along the Nile river was the fabled Valley of the Kings. Before entering the valley, we stopped at the Colossi of Memnon and Hatshepsut's memorial temple. The actual Valley of the Kings is a region where 500 years worth of Pharaohs and nobility from the "New Kingdom" were buried (16th - 11th century BC). The mummies of some of the mo ... read more

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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