It will be noticed that the general rule is that the
earlier tombs in the valley, in accordance with what was the essence of the
plan, are on the whole inconspicuous, as regards their outward aspect and
entrance, compared with the later ones .
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
.
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