Off to the left (north) of the first solicit of the Amun Temple
Enclosure is Karnak’s open-air museum. The
term "museum" and the fact that there is so much else to see in
Karnak means that most visitors skim this collecting of stones, statues and
shrines, but it is unquestionably worth a look. The good chapels include the
White Chapel of Sesostris I, one of the oldest and most stunning monuments in Karnak, which has wonderful Middle Kingdom reliefs; the
Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, its red quartzite blocks reassembled in 2000; and the
Alabaster Chapel of Amenhotep I. The museum also contains a collection of
statuary found throughout the temple complex.
Luxor Sound and Light
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| Karnak sound and light |
Luxor Sound and Light in Karnak show spotlights the dramatic history of
ancient Thebes.
The show narrates the achievements of some great Pharaohs, with poetic
descriptions of the ancient treasures. As visitors walk complete the complex,
the pharaohs arise to
separate the story of their
interesting lives, as haunting music mysteriously flows through
this ancient city. Ancient and poetic voices tell the visitors about the
birth of Karnak temple and
the heroic achievements
of the pharaohs
and the god
Amun. It is an
enchanting and magic experience to
hear to sound outcomes and
gaze at the magnificent
ruins white during the well-presented show.
El-Moalla
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| El Mo'alla |
El-Moalla is a necropolis southern of Thebes, dating to the First IntermediatePeriod (2134–2040 B.C.E.). Two of the tombs at el-Moalla are famous for their
ornaments and paintings. These
are the tombs
of Ankhtify and Sobekhotep.
El-Moalla was a necropolis doing the area known as Tod. The Egyptians visited
it Hefat.
Elkab
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| El Kab, Temple of Amenhotep III |
Elkab, also named Nekheb, is a site called
Nekheb by the Egyptians
and one of the nation’s earliest villages, dating to c. 6000 B.C.E. Elkab is on
the east bank of the Nile, 20 miles south
of Eana. The site
is across the
river from Hierakonpolis and is
related to nearby Nekhen (modern Kom
el-Ahmar). Predynastic palaces,
garrisoned ramparts, and other
interior defences attest to the years of the site, which
was devoted to
the goddess Nekhebet, the patroness of Upper Egypt.
Elkab’s citizens rose
against Ahmose (r. 1550–1525 B.C.E.) when he started the
Eighteenth Dynasty, and he dotted the siege of the Hyksos capital of Avaris to
put down the rebellion.
The nomarchs of
the area were energetic and
independent. Their rock-cut
graves are in the
northern section of
the city and
display their vivacious
access to life
and death. King Tuthmosis III (r.1479–1425 B.C.E.) erected
the first chapel
to Nekhebet, broken by
his heir Amenhotep II. The temple of Nekhebet
had a series of lower temples involved as well as a devoted lake and a
necropolis. A temple observances the god
Thoth was started by
Ramses II (r. 1290–1224
B.C.E.). The present
Nekhebet enshrine dates
to the Late Period (712–332 B.C.E.). In the valley
of Elkab shrines of Nubian gods were
discovered, and in
far wadis a shrine
to a deity
made Shesmetet and a
temple of Hathor and Nekhebet
stand in ruins. The rock-cut tombs of
’Ahmose-Pen Nekhebet, ’Ahmose, son of Ebana, and Paheri are also on the
site. Elkab likewise contains El-Hammam, called “the Bath,” which was seen to the reign of RamsesII. His stela is still evident there. Amenhotep III (r. 1391–1353 B.C.E.) also
erected a chapel there for the devoted Bark of Nekhebet.
Armant (Erment)
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| Cleopatra’s temple at Erment |
Armant or Erment was a site south of Thebes,
called Iun-Mut, “The Pillar of Mut,” or Iun-Montu, “the Pillar of Montu,” in
Egyptian; Hermonthis in Greek; also Armant in some lists. Erment was once the
capital of the fourth nome of Upper Egypt but was replaced by Thebes as early as the Middle Kingdom(2040–1640 B.C.E.).
The god Montu had a cult
center at Erment,
associated with the
sacred bull Buchis. Remains of an Eleventh
Dynasty (2040–1991 B.C.E.) palace
were discovered on the place. A temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty, built by
Queen-Pharaoh Hatshepsut (r. 1473–1458 B.C.E.) and reconstructed by TuthmosisIII (r.1479–1425 B.C.E.), was
also observed in
Erment. The Bucheum, the bull
necropolis, is also on the site.
A better temple at Erment dates to the Middle Kingdom with later
add-on. Nectanebo II (r. 363–343 B.C.E.)
started a similar shrine that was completed by the Ptolemies (304–30 B.C.E.).
Cleopatra VII (r. 51–30 B.C.E.) and Ptolemy XV Caesarion (r. 44–30 B.C.E.)
constructed a Mammisi, or birth house there, with a dedicated lake.
Mummification Museum at Luxor
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| Mummification Museum at Luxor |
Mummification Museum recently introduced in the visitors centre in Luxor, it is the only one of its sort in the
world. It houses 150 souvenirs of mummies, coffins, tools the ancient Egyptian
physician used, and house paintings corresponding the religious funerary
rituals. The story of this museum started when the Egyptian president
established that the obligation of the former visitor middle building was to be
transmitted from the tourism ministry to that of culture (and, specifically,
the Supreme Council of Antiquities). It was opened in 1997.
Gods of ancient Egypt
Embalming materials
Organic materials
Embalming fluid
Tools of mummification
Canopic jars
Ushabtis
Amulets
Coffin of Padiamun
Mummy of Masaherta
Mummified animals
Ramesseum
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| The Ramesseum |
This was the temple established by Ramses II (r. 1290–1224 B.C.E.)
at Thebes (Luxor).
Called “the Temple
of the Million Years,” the construction
was part of
Ramses II’s mortuary cult. The
temple was dedicated
to the deified Ramses II and
to the god
Amun, addressed “the United With Eternity.” The site was called
the Memnomium, or the Tomb of Ozymandias, by the Greeks.
The structure was
included by a
brick wall and superimposed on a temple constructed
originally by Seti I. Pylons drawn Ramses II’s Battle of Kadesh and his Syrian
victories. The Ramesseum had a Hypostyle Hall, courts, and a throne room. A big
statue of Ramses II, more than
55 feet tall,
was discovered in the first court.
An astronomical chamber
was likewise found
on the site, composing a second
hypostyle hall.
In the southwest,
a temple devoted to Seti I and
Queen Tuya, the royal
parents of Ramses II,
was erected, and an
avenue of sphinxes
surrounded various edifices.
There were likewise chambers that served as sanctuaries for the different solar
barks. A royal hall was part of the
design. The Twenty-second
(945–712 B.C.E.) and also Twenty-third
(828–712 B.C.E.) Dynasties
used the storage areas
of the Ramesseum as a burial
site. A papyrus discovered
on the site contained a
version of “the Tale
of the Eloquent Peasant,” and
medical texts referring the
treatment of tightening
limbs were also found.
In the reign
of Ramses IX (1131–1112 B.C.E.), priests serving the
Ramesseum were caught
transferring golden objects from
this shrine. An
confederate, a gardener
named Kar, confessed
how measures of
golden decorations were taken. He also named his confederates, some of
whom were in the priesthood.
They were seriously punished, as
their crimes included not only theft but desecration in violating a religious
site.
Colossi of Memnon
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| Colossi of Memnon |
Two big quartzite statues experienced as the Colossi of Memnon are
all that rest of the magnificent social system which was built as a mortuary
temple for Amenophis III. Earlier the
statues flanked the pylon gates of the temple, now they model side by side amid
fields of corn with their hands located neatly upon their knees, quiet facing
east waiting for the rise of the new-born sun.
On one position of Amenophis’s feet stands the little figure of his wife
Queen Tiye and on the other face stands an equally diminutive figure of his
mother Mutemuia.
These two colossal statues were misnamed Memnon by the Greeks who
thought that they represented the mighty Memnon who Achilles killed in the
battle for Troy. In Roman times, wind passing through a crack
in the northwest statue gave out a baleful cry which was thought to be Memnon
crying to his mother Eos. The crack
appeared after an earthquake some 30 BC and stopped when Septimus Severus
ordered its doctor in 199 AD. The
statues although anonymous and badly damaged are still very amazing although
the south statue now has an appearance of being burned after it was recently
treated with preserving material.
Amenophis III, now as well referred to as Amenhotep III, came to
the throne when he was only 12 years old and governed Egypt from 1390
– 1352 BC when he passed at the age of 49 years. He was buried in the Western
Valley near the Valley of the Kings.
His prevail was a time of peace and successfulness when Egypt’s
wealth inflated enormously and, without any wars to worry about, he shipped on
a large building programme including a mud-brick palace known as Malqata, the
scant ruins of which are close to the Medinet Habu. In size, his mortuary temple may well have
rivalled that of the mighty temple at Karnak
but it was established on the flood-plane and hurt corrosion and earthquake
damage soon after its completion. Many
of its finely carved stone stops were later reused in the building of the
Medinet Habu and the Ramesseum.
Extensive digging of the temple site has of late started and the bases
of some exceptionally big statues have been exposed in 2005.
The car park beside the statues can be complete of tour buses early
in the morning so the best time to view the statues is late in the afternoon
when most of the tour buses have gave or at night when the statues are light.
Deir el-Medina
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| Deir el-Medina |
Deir el-Medina, a village of ancient Egyptian artisans involved to
the New Kingdom (1550–1070 B.C.E.)
necropolis at Thebes.
It is
based on the
west bank between the Ramesseum
and Medinet Habu. The site was named
Set-Ma’at when grounded by
Tuthmosis I (r.1504–1492 B.C.E.) near the
special eleventh dynasty (2040–1991 B.C.E.)
necropolis. The artisans
were formerly known as “the
Servitors of the Place of Truth,” the laborers of the tombs in the Valleys ofthe kings and queens. Some workers were
valued for their
skills and imaginative artistry.
In some reads these workers were called “the Servants of the Place of Truth.”.
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| From the Tomb of Merit in Deir el-Medina |
The homes of these artisans had various rooms, with the workers of
higher rank basking vestibules and several architectural adornments. They also
raised elaborate funerary sites for
themselves and their
families, caricatures of the royal
tombs upon which
they hard throughout their entire
lives. Little pyramids were fashioned out of bricks, and the secret walls were
covered with stunning paintings and reliefs. The site has provided
scholars with inscribed
papyri, ostraka, and
elaborate depictions of common life.
King Amenhotep I (r. 1525–1504
B.C.E.) was an
early supporter of the
region. A temple
put up on the
site by Amenhotep III (r. 1359–1353
B.C.E.) was refurbished
by Ptolemy IV Philopator (r. 186–164, 163–145 B.C.E.). Seti I
(1306–1290 B.C.E.) put up temples to Hathor and Amun on the site.
Tahrqa (r. 690–664 B.C.E.) also built an Osirian chapel in that location.
Mortuary Temple of Seti I
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| The Mortuary Temple of Seti I |
The consequence of the Amarna period, with Seti I restoring the
worship of the traditional Egyptian
gods, may explain
the merged dedication
of the temple
to (from south
to north) Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amen-Re, Osiris, Isis and Horus. The
unusual L-shaped project of the temple is caused by a southeast wing appended
to the main rectilinear temple. This wing
contains rooms dedicated
to Memphite funerary
deities, such as
Sokar and Nefertum, further
underlining the national and funerary centre of the temple. In addition, a good
list of legitimate pharaohs is offered in the “kings’ gallery” to the south of
the sanctuaries in
the passageway passing
to a butchering
room. The names
of Akhenaten, Smenkhkare and Tutankhamen are missed from the list, as if
to wipe off their reigns from qualified history.
The temple is set within
a great enclosure
wall (circa 220×350 metre) with
a important mudbrick pylon
confronting the desert, from
which a prosodion
way probably led
to the royal tombs at Umm
el-Qa’ab. Access to the temple was from the east, up ramps that led into two
large courtyards, one after the other. The temple was left unfinished at the
death of King Seti I and most of the front part of the temple was finished in
sunk ease during the reign of King Seti I’s son Ramses II. The southeast home
wall of the first court contains a agency of Ramses II struggling the Hittites
at Qadesh. The names of Merenptah, Ramses III and Ramses IV are also preserved
on these front courts. To the east of these courts lies a large storehouse or
set of magazines, such as were likewise found at the Ramesseum. In the center
of these is a pulpit with pillars which would have served as a reception center
for entry or outgoing goods.
Valley of the Queens
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| Entrance to the Valley of the Queens |
This was the purple necropolis of the New Kingdom (1550–1070 B.C.E.),
located southwest of Medinet Habu on the western prop of the Nile at Thebes. The site
was called Ta-set-neferu, “the Direct of the Royal Children,” in the
ancient periods and is now called Biban el-Harim, “the Doors of the Women,” or
Biban el-Melikat, “the Doors of the Daughters,” in Arabic. The
queens, princes, and princesses of
the New
Kingdom were buried here. The necropolis is considered to contain
70 tombs. Located in an arid wadi, the site was got first
on the south
hill and then
on the northwest side.
The about famous tomb of the Valley of the Queens
was constructed for Queen Nefertari- Merymut, the Great Wife of Ramses II (r. 1290–1224 B.C.E.). This
site has columned chambers,
stairs, ramps, and
an offering hall with shelves and a sepulture chamber
with four pillars and three
annexes. Elaborately decorated
with polychrome reliefs, the tomb
pictures Queen Nefertari-Merymut in the regular
funerary settings but also
portrays her in
everyday scenes of mortal life. The Bennu (phoenix) and the Aker
lions are as well
exposed. “The Great
Wives” of the New Kingdom all have tombs in this necropolis.
The tombs of
the royal sons
of the New
Kingdom Period include the resting place of Amenhirkhopshef (1), the son
of King Ramses III (r. 1194–1163 B.C.E.). This tomb has a rage, three chambers,
and two wings, all painted with scenes
and cultic symbols.
A vestibule was
part of the design. The tomb of
Kha’Emweset (2), another prince of the dynasty and likewise a son of Ramses
III, is in the Valley of the Queens as well. This
is designed with three chambers, two
extensions, and a
ramp. The walls
are treated with painted eases. Some officials of the
Eighteenth Dynasty (1550–1307 B.C.E.) were given the honor of having small pit
tombs in the Valley of
the Queens. Other
princesses and princes were likewise provided with similar
pit tombs.
List of the Tombs of Valley of the Queens:
QV8 Hori [ disambiguation needed ] and a King's Daughter
QV17 Merytre and Wermeryotes
QV30[3] Nebiri
QV31[3] Anonymous
QV33[3] Tanedjemet
QV34 Anonymous
QV36[3] Anonymous
QV38[3] Sitre
QV40[3] Anonymous
QV42[3] Pareherwenemef
QV43[3] Seth-her-khopsef
QV44[3] Khaemwaset
QV46[3] Imhotep
QV47[3] Ahmose
QV51[3] Iset Ta-Hemdjert
QV52[3] Tyti
QV53[3] Ramses Meryamen
QV55[3] Amun-her-khepeshef
QV58 Anonymous
QV60[3] Nebettawy
QV66[3] Nefertari
QV68[3] Meritamun
QV70 Nehesy
QV71[3] Bintanath
QV72 Neferhat / Baki
QV73[3] Henuttawy
QV74[3] (Dua)Tentopet
QV75[3] Henutmire
QV76 Merytre
QV80 Queen (Mut-)Tuy
QV81 Heka[...]
QV82 Minemhat and Amenhotep
QV88 Ahmose
Tombs of the Nobles in Luxor
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| The Valley of the Nobles |
The number of graves open to the public alters from time to time so it is difficult to get any kind of definitive list. The following list, therefore, is only intended as a rough guide and does not include all tombs, and some may even be closed at the time of writing this article.
Tickets for the Tombs of the Nobles are traded in sets of between 2 and 4 but tickets for the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are sold in sets of three - apart from the tomb of Tutankhamun which required a obscure tickets. As each of the tombs are visited the guide will tear off a corner of the ticket. In the Deir el Medina a ticket gives entrance to two of the open tombs but the tomb of Pashedu needs a obscure ticket..
Any up-to-date information worrying the handiness of visiting any of the tombs would be appreciated.
List of the Nobles's Tombs:
Khonsu (TT 31) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Userhat (Neferhabef) (TT 51) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Nakht (TT 52) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Ramose (TT 55) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Khaemhat (TT 57) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Menna (TT 69) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Sennefer (TT 96) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Rekhmire (TT 100) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Benia(Pahekamun) (TT 343) at Sheikh abd-el-Qurna
Pashedu at Deir el Medina
Senedjem at Deir el Medina
Inherkhau at Deir el Medina
May be open
Roy/ShuRoy
Neferenpet
Dhutmosis
Shamut
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