Monday, January 2, 2017

Historical notes about The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 1 )

" We came to a part that is wider ", says Richard Pococke, the early Eastern traveler, writing in 1743 of his visit to the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings ( KV ), " being a round opening like an amphitheatre, and ascended by a narrow step passage about ten feet high, which seems to have been broken down thro' the rock … By this passage we came to Biban el-Meluke, or Bab el-Meluke, that is, the gate or court of the kings, being the sepulchers of the Kings of Thebes " .

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Other tombs include at The Valley of The Queens .. The last part

QV51 - Tomb of Queen Isis ( or Eset )
Eset or Isis was the wife of Ramses III, and the mother of Ramses VI .

Her tomb is much damaged and is scarcely worth a visit .

Saturday, December 24, 2016

QV44 - Tomb of Prince Kha-emwaset at The Valley of The Queens .. Part ( 6 )

This prince should not be confused with the much more famous son of Ramses II, the wizard prince of the magical tales of the Egyptian papyri .