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Luxor - Valley of the Kings
The Valley
of the Kings is the
location of some of the world's greatest ancient artifacts:
the tombs of the
pharoahs who ruled
the Egyptian Empire. For a period of nearly
500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the
kings and powerful nobles of the New
Kingdom (the Eighteenth through Twentieth
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).
The valley stands on the west bank of
the Nile, across from modern Luxor.
The royal tombs are decorated with scenes from Egyptian
mythology
and give clues
to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period.
The Colossi of Memnon (last
6 photos) are
two massive stone statues of Pharaoh
Amenhotep III.
For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the
River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
