Thebes (Karnak, Luxor & Valley of the Kings), Egypt - 3/22/2004
Colossi of Memnon at Thebes
These figures of Amenhotep III were built to guard his mortuary temple
The BlueGirls in Egypt again
Karnak is a vast open air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world
Karnak consists of four main parts only one of which is open to the public, but still huge!
Karnak is the 2nd most visited tourist site in Egypt (2nd only to the Pyramids at Giza)
Layla and Kristen
King Tut's tomb is perhaps the most famous discovery of modern western archaeology.
There is an east and west valley; we visited the west section
Famous tomb of King Tut
Valley of the Kings is a valley where tombs were built for the Pharaohs
Colossi of Memnon at Thebes
These figures of Amenhotep III were built to guard his mortuary temple
The BlueGirls in Egypt again
Karnak is a vast open air museum and the largest ancient religious site in the world
Karnak consists of four main parts only one of which is open to the public, but still huge!
Karnak is the 2nd most visited tourist site in Egypt (2nd only to the Pyramids at Giza)
Layla and Kristen
King Tut's tomb is perhaps the most famous discovery of modern western archaeology.
There is an east and west valley; we visited the west section
Famous tomb of King Tut
Valley of the Kings is a valley where tombs were built for the Pharaohs
