| After breakfast disembark from the cruise, visit The Valley of the Kings where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley sands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor),within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs are situated) and West Valley, with the 2005 discovery of a new chamber (KV63), and the 2008 discovery of two further tomb entrances, the valley is known to contain 63 tombs and chambers Continue the visit to the Dayr el-Bahri, literally meaning, "The Northern Monastery" is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis. The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty. It was constructed during the 15thcentury BC. During the Eighteenth dynasty, Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut also built extensively at the site. Photos stop by the colossi of Memnon & visit to an Alabaster Factory before we have the lunch. After the lunch visit the Karnak temple which comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. . The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, and 2.5 kilometers (1.6miles) north of Luxor. After Karnak Temple proceed to Luxor Temple which is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE. Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or "the southern sanctuary." In Luxor there are six great temples, the four on the left bank are known to travelers and readers of travels as Goornah, Deir-el-Bahri, the Ramesseum, and Medinet Habu; and the two temples on the right bank. Evening transfer to Luxor railway station to board the train to Cairo. |