Luxor - Seti and tombs of the workers

We went to Seti tomb, where the entrance is a separate ticket of $45 per person. Because of that, barely any people go there and we had it all to ourselves. Seti ruled for many years and lived until 90 years old so they had plenty of time to prepare his tomb, as opposed to Tutankhamen who died young and they had to scramble to get his tomb ready. Seti tomb is large, with many rooms, and the decorations are not just frescoed, but carved, creating texture in the details. There is a whole room with plain sketches, not carved or colored, because they probably ran out of time. We then went to visit a temple of queen Huchipso that is built into the mountain. After that, we went to valley of the workers to visit some tombs of the artisans who worked on the pharaohs’ tombs. They were not as lavish as the one for the kings but they displayed daily lives of the real people and retained incredible details and colors. At the end of the day, we went to one more temple that had amazing colors and details, but at that point we were pretty templed out and were happy to have amazing grilled meat in a small restaurant near our hotel. We then took a late flight to Cairo.Read more