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West Bank Tour Kings Valley, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon
Egypt
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Entrance fees -Depending on the Tour Options Chosen
Cancellation policy
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Explore the wonders of ancient Egypt with our West Bank Tour featuring the impressive Kings Valley, the majestic Hatshepsut Temple, and the renowned Colossi of Memnon. Discover the rich history and fascinating architecture of these iconic sites as you journey through the ancient Valley of the Kings.
Highlights
5 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & 5 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & 5 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fees
Lunch
All service charges & taxes
Tour Guide
Pickup services from your hotel in Luxor and return.
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Bottle of water
Gratuities
West Bank Tour Kings Valley, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon
Egypt
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Explore the wonders of ancient Egypt with our West Bank Tour featuring the impressive Kings Valley, the majestic Hatshepsut Temple, and the renowned Colossi of Memnon. Discover the rich history and fascinating architecture of these iconic sites as you journey through the ancient Valley of the Kings.
Highlights
5 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & 5 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & 5 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fees
Lunch
All service charges & taxes
Tour Guide
Pickup services from your hotel in Luxor and return.
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Bottle of water
Gratuities
Itinerary
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Valley of the Kings
Starts with Pickup from your Hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor by Tour guide then you will be transferred by Private A/C Vehicle to the West Bank where you will visit the Valley Of The Kings The rulers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt’s prosperous New Kingdom (c.1550–1069 BC) were buried in a desolate dry river valley across the river from the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), hence its modern name of the Valley of the Kings. This moniker is not entirely accurate, however, since some members of the royal family aside from the king were buried here as well, as were a few non-royal, albeit very high-ranking, individuals. The Valley of the Kings is divided into the East and West Valleys. The eastern is by far the more iconic of the two, as the western valley contains only a handful of tombs. In all, the Valley of the Kings includes over sixty tombs and an additional twenty unfinished ones that are little more than pits.
2 hours
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Hatshepsut (c.1473–1458 BC), the queen who became pharaoh, built a magnificent temple at Deir al-Bahari, on the west back of Luxor. It lies directly across the Nile from Karnak Temple, the main sanctuary of the god Amun. Hatshepsut’s temple, Djeser-djeseru “the Holy of Holies” was designed by the chief steward of Amun, Senenmut.
The temple consists of three levels each of which has a colonnade at its far end. On the uppermost level, an open courtyard lies just beyond the portico. Mummiform statues of Hatshepsut as Osiris, the god of the dead, lean against its pillars.
This is because Djeser-djeseru is Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple, where her cult was practiced after her death, when she attained the blessed state of Osiris. Far from being devoted solely to her, the temple also includes sections for the cults of her revered father Thutmose I, the goddess Hathor, and the funerary god Anubis. An altar, open to the sky and the sun, was dedicated to the cult of the solar Ra-Horakhty.
2 hours
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Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon (Arabic: el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis. They have stood since 1350 BC, and were well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as early modern travelers and Egyptologists. The statues contain 107 Roman-era inscriptions in Greek and Latin, dated to between AD 20 and 250; many of these inscriptions on the northernmost statue make reference to the Greek mythological king Memnon, whom the statue was then – erroneously – thought to represent.
Scholars have debated how the identification of the northern colossus as "Memnon" is connected to the Greek name for the entire Theban Necropolis as the Memnonium.
After tour transfer you back to your hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor