One Day in Luxor From Sharm El Sheikh private tour

A day Luxor tour from Sharm El Sheikh with a domestic flight to see the most famous sights in one day Visit Karnak Temple and the East Bank, and see the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple on the West Bank. Luxor is often described as the world’s greatest open-air museum, but that comes nowhere near describing this extraordinary place. Visit the capital of the “New Kingdom Pharaohs” (1570–1090 BC), which has the largest wealth of ancient archeological sites in the Nile Valley. The most important sites are split between the East and West Banks of Luxor. On the East Bank, which is the City of the Living, we will visit the magnificent Temple of Karnak, and on the West Bank, where the City of the Dead is located, we will see the colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings, and the breath-taking mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture.

It is an amazing complex of beautiful temples. It is also matchless one .As, Karnak includes the temples of the god Amun, his wife, the goddess “Mut” and her son, the god “Khonsu”. Its construction began at the Middle Kingdom (about 2000 BC). During the era of the modern state to which King “Tutankhamun” and King “Ramses II” belonged. A luxurious temple was erected on the ruins of this temple, befitting the greatness of the huge Egyptian empire. And every king would add something new to the temple so that to be closer to the Gods; for immortality, and to obtain great fame among the people.

The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs

Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut, The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs

Ramses III built it to house the sacred ships. This temple is considered a model of the complete Egyptian temple. It begins with a great edifice adorned with two magnificent statues of the king from the outside. It is followed from the inside by the open courtyard, which is bordered by the Bua’ik (plural weeping) to the east and west. The king appears on the pillars in the form of Osiris.

The second-largest tomb in the valley, Merenptah’s tomb has been open since antiquity and has its share of Greek and Coptic graffiti. Floods have damaged the lower part of the walls of the long tunnel-like tomb, but the upper parts have well-preserved reliefs. The corridors are decorated with the Book of the Dead, the Book of Gates and the Book of Amduat. Beyond a shaft is a false burial chamber with two pillars decorated with the Book of Gates.

Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father’s reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince . The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.

the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

• One Day in Luxor From Sharm El Sheikh private tour
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• Flight for m Sharm to Luxor and from Luxor back to Sharm
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• Egyptology guide

• Tickets to the sightseeing about 49$

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