Day Six (Part 4) - Valley of the Queens

After leaving Hatshepsut's Temple we headed back to the bus and made a short journey to Valley of The Queens.

Valley of the Queens was actually quite disappointing. There are currently only four tombs open to the public. Really it is only three because it is next to impossible to get tickets for Queen Nefertari's tomb (QV66).

The three remaining tombs belong(ed) to: Amenherkhepshef (QV55),
Khaemwaset (QV44) and Titi (QV52)

Again, no photographs were allowed in the tombs and our tickets enabled us to enter only two tombs.

We visited Amenherkhepshef's tomb, a son of Ramses III. At the rear most chamber of the tomb is the unfinished pink granite sarcophagus (Amenherkhepshef was never actually buried here) and a small mummified foetus, thought to have been miscarried by Amenherkhepshef's mother on hearing the news of his death.

We also visited Queen Titi's tomb. She is thought to be the mother of Amenherkhepshef and wife (and daughter) of Ramses III.

After our relatively brief visit to the Valley of the Queens we headed back to the bus and then had a quick visit to an alabaster factory. This was actually quite interesting as we got to see how alabaster pots are made and the difference between cheap and nasty plaster statues and the better quality stone statues. Both look the same but there is a world of difference between the quality. I'm please to say that the stone statues that Egyptian Dreams sells are the better quality ones!

After our visit to the alabaster factory we made the return journey back to the east bank. We asked the guide if we could be dropped off outside Karnak Travel as we wanted to book the Sound and Light show at Karnak temple.

And so ended the most interesting six hours I'd had for a very long time, if ever.

Day 6 - Karnak Sound and Light Show >>