subject: Donkey Ride To The Kings Valley | Day Trips From Luxor Egypt [print this page] Donkey Ride To The Kings Valley | Day Trips From Luxor Egypt
The area has been a major area of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries. Before this the area was a site for tourism in antiquity (especially during Roman times). This area illustrates the changes in the study of ancient Egypt, starting as antiquity hunting, and ending as scientific excavation of the whole Theban Necropolis. Despite the exploration and investigation noted below, only eleven of the tombs have actually been completely recorded.
Many of the tombs have graffiti written by these ancient tourists. Jules Baillet located over 2100 Greek and Latin graffiti, along with a smaller number in Phoenician, Cypriot, Lycian, Coptic, and other languages. The majority of the ancient graffiti are found in KV9, which contains just under a thousand of them. The earliest positively dated graffiti dates to 278 B.C.
The modern abbreviation "KV" stands for "Kings' Valley", and the tombs are numbered in the order of 'discovery' from Ramesses VII (KV1) to KV63 (which was discovered in 2005), although many of the tombs have been open since antiquity, and KV5 was only rediscovered in the 1990s (after being dismissed as unimportant by previous investigators). The West Valley tombs often have the "WV" prefix but follow the same numbering system. A number of the tombs are unoccupied, the owners of others remain unknown, and others are merely pits used for storage. Most of the open tombs in the Valley of the Kings are located in the East Valley, and this is where most tourists and facilities can be found.
Get the chance to try many of ever unique life experiences with fly2egy.com. You will be picked up from your hotel at Luxor, then sail on the Nile River to the West Bank to enjoy the sunrise and the morning breeze. Meet you lovely donkeys and ride through the villages to Valley of the Kings to see the house of Hoard Carter the archeologist who excavate King Tut tomb. Back through the villages to the Motor Baot to Hotel.
Inclusions:
Pick up Service from your hotel & return
Transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Donkey Ride during sightseeing tours
Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place
Multi lingual speaking guide during your trip
A bottle of mineral water during your trip
All taxes & service charge
Exclusions:
Any extras not mentioned in the program
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