Luxor

📌 Our final stop in Egypt was Luxor, apparently a city with 1/3 of the world's ancient monuments and antiquities, it is the largest open air museum in the world. We went and got a dessert from a nice rooftop looking over the Luxor temple which was a grand view as the valley of the king's and temples were lit up.

📌 The main event was visiting the valley of the king's, 64 tombs of Kings are here and they suspect there may be a few more. The tombs were all robbed (except Tutankhamun's) but the colours and hieroglyphics were incredible, some of the tombs were 20m long whilst others were 100s of metres deep into the valley walls. The most incredible tomb was an under the radar recommendation from Mo, Ramses 5&6 which was very well preserved. We then headed to the temple of Hatshepsut which was a woman's tomb, potentially the first feminist in the world, she posed as a male pharaoh. This tomb was the most grand from the outside due to its large facade and it once had statues on every pillar. The afternoon was then concluded with a local lunch at the bus drivers house where the food was some of the best we had on the trip, orzo soup was the highlight.

📌 The last half of our time in Luxor included a visit to the Luxor temple in the evening, the large columns lit up at night was beautiful. Additionally, a visit to Karnak temple was another highlight as the sheer size of this location would have been amazing in its time, the pillars were huge and the hieroglyphic detail was great! Ultimately Luxor was a great stop and with amazing sites where it cannot be comprehended what they would have been like in their prime.Read more