A walking tour around Thebes cemeteries



A walking tour around Thebes cemeteries Nobles ,workers,&Ramasseum
Are you a sportive person ? interested in history ?you prefer to explore the places , learn from the locals , &intermingle with their atmosphere ?so you diffidently should try this walking tour around Thebes mighty necropolises of the Nobles , Artisans , & the glorious Ramasseum temple. The Nobles tombs ;-These are the tombs of the aristocrats & the elite of the society of Pharaohnic Egypt , the tombs are so rich in daily life activities scenes , very rare documents of very rich life details , making you feel like watching a Walt Disney movie but of 5000 years old cartoon art , colors still vivid & details are complete , most of the EGyptologists consider them the only survived source document of ancient life of ancient people . The Artisans tombs ;- also known as the workers valley of Deir Elmadina , these are the tombs of the tombs builders , when you visit their tombs you feel the direct contact with a human artist as their art lines very simple , reflecting their personalities. The glorious Ramasseum In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel by me to take a motor boat to cross to the otherhe side (west bank of luxor) then we take the local taxi to the ticket office to buy the entrance tickets then we start our short walk to the Artisans tombs (10 -12)minutes walk , ten we wounder around the marvelous tombs , the left over pharaohnic village , & the Greek-roman temple , we continue our short walk to the valley of the Nobles (12-15)minutes , after we wounder around the tombs we continue for another 5 minutes walk to the glorious Ramasseum temple of Ramesses the second where his huge granite statue of 1000 tons , 20 m. high still laying on the ground witness an era of extreme wealth & power, recognized by Chile (a poet of 1800)inspiring him his famous poem Ozymandias. then we drive back using a local taxi to the river bank to ride a motor boat then we will you by your hotel. .

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