11.02.02 West Bank - Luxor Page 1
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hat shep sut
dier al bhari
one of the few female pharaohs, hapshepsut was the daughter of one pharaoh (tuthmosis I), married to her half-brother who was another pharaoh (tuthmosis II), became a pharaoh, and was killed by another (tuthmosis III who was tuthmosis's II's son by another wife).
all day i face the barren waste without a trace of...
(3 drops harsher, color slowly drained away aspect)
valley of the kings
a water truck drips its precious cargo out to the unforgiving desert
hospitablelessness
valley of the kings
once you get away from the nile... the ground is alive as the people ensconced in the tombs below it
sarcophagus
KV34 - tuthmoses III's tomb, valley of the kings
plundered in antiquity, the large sarcophagus is the only thing that remains in his tomb
face on the horizon
KV34 - tuthmoses III's tomb, valley of the kings
tombs used elaborate mechanisms to keep them from being robbed. false ends, big pits, and other things to kill or mislead plunderers were quite common.
pathway to righteousness
KV2 - ramses IV's tomb, valley of the kings
this way to...
valley of the kings
luxor
luxor temple
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