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Khaemhet tomb Luxor Egypt tours, booking, prices, reviews

Khaemhet tomb Luxor Egypt TT 57 is a private tomb. In fact, it located on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes). Khaemhet (also known as Mahu) was the “Overseer of the Granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt”. Moreover, he also was a Royal Scribe. He married to his wife named Tiyi. Khaemhet tomb Luxor gives a lot of attention to another scribe by the name of Imhotep. We do not no much about the rest of his family. For example, children do not appear to pictured on the walls of Khaemhet tomb in Luxor. Moreover, it known since George Lloyd discovered it in 1842. George Lloyd is an amateur archaeologist, botanist and traveler. Khaemhet tomb in Luxor indeed is a beautiful tomb. Though somewhat these days due to the removal of most of its paint from the tomb’s decorations.

Khaemhet tomb Luxor seen its hardships, as did its discoverer. Lloyd, killed shortly after discovering the tomb of Khaemhet in Luxor when his gun discharged. In fact, the tomb itself suffered from fire. It also suffered from damage to the reliefs at the hands of early explorers. To record the decorations, squeezes performed using newspaper softened. It was with water and pressing it onto the walls. This would transfer the color of the reliefs onto the newspaper. At the same time, remove it from the walls. In fact, today Khaemhet tomb Luxor is almost devoid of color. Though the reliefs are a wonderful display of art in motion and are full of life.

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The squeezes have been useful. At first they were in the Egyptian Museum in Boulak. But in 1886 they moved to the Boston Museum of Fine Art. They later examined by Dows Dunham, who found unrecorded details. They have been invaluable in providing some missing text from the tomb of Khaemhet in Luxor. The detail would have remained on the walls of the tomb. Today it would perhaps be more of a treasure then what we left with. Moreover, Khaemhet tomb was in use through Roman times with many burials. Afterwards, it became the home of hermits. The hermits further damaged the interior with greasy fires.

Khaemhet tomb Luxor is in the Abd el-Qurna necropolis. It is one of several tombs that clustered around a courtyard in the western end of this cemetery. These tombs are TT 126, 295 and 102. All these tombs well crafted and built during the reign of Amenhotep III. Their owners were affluent, and in the king’s favor, as each has depictions of Amenhotep III. The tomb is one of only four private tombs which decorated with reliefs. They from the reign of Amenhotep III. It is also one of the few tombs which recorded as year 30 of Amenhotep III’s reign.

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Furthermore, the plan of Khaemhet tomb is a complicated variation of the standard T shape of many private tombs. It entered down a stairway into a court with a niche for a stele. Making a left through a short corridor, one arrives in the first hall. This room contains many agricultural scenes, which are somewhat rare. They might have celebrated a special harvest. These scenes include men threshing and women with baskets picking up the fields. They also include sensitive depictions of animals and tillers bending to their task. It is while another man scatters seed and many other wonderful representations.

Examining the left front wall, we first encounter scenes. The scenes depict the measuring of crops and the recording of grain. They also depict the deceased inspecting men measuring crops. There is also a scene depicts docks and a market. On the next small southern wall we find statues of Khaemhet and a royal scribe named Imhotep. Tucked between the statues is a relief of Khaemhet’s wife, Tiyi. Then on the back left wall is a scene. It records men bringing cattle before Amenhotep III. It is while on the right rear wall we find Amenhotep III rewarding officials. There are no decorations on the short northern wall. Though on the front right wall we find various agricultural scenes.

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The short corridor leads from the first hall into a widened passage. It has a scene of Khaemhett before deities. Entering the wide passage, we find scenes to the left and right. On the left, is the funeral procession and ceremonies. It is while on the right is the Book of the Dead, along with the typical pilgrimage to Abydos. This passage leads into the inner room of Khaemhet tomb, with paired statues to the left, right and rear. One set of statues is that of Khaemhet and Tiyi and one set is of Khaemhet and Imhotep. There is also one of Khaemhet and an unknown woman.

Within the inner room a short corridor leads to a shallow stairway. It in turn leads to a tunnel that circles clockwise. It first reaches a set of small rooms and at the bottom, two larger rooms. One of these two larger rooms was the burial chamber. The other meant to hold the owner’s funerary equipment. Though nothing found. Many items found in or near Khaemhet tomb Luxor, by Sir Robert Mond, a wealthy businessman and chemist. These items included wood and stone shawabtis. They also included a shawabti box, a bronze spear-head and a Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure. He also found three rock stele, one of which mentions Khaemhet. He also found the coffins of Pedamen and Khonsuiuefankh. The stele discovered in the courtyard.

Entrance to the tomb:

The tomb opens from 8 am to 4 pm in winter. A ticket for the Ramose tomb, Userhat tomb and Khaemhet tomb bought at the ticket office.

Inherkhau tomb Luxor Egypt tours, booking, prices, reviews

Inherkhau tomb Luxor Egypt TT 359 located in the necropolis of Deir el Medina on the West Bank at Luxor. In fact the tomb indeed has rich and refined decorations. Moreover, the tomb represents some of the best artistic work of the 20th Dynasty. Inherkhau tomb is the only tomb in this necropolis that we know which dates back to that dynasty. There are decorations in an upper chamber and the burial chamber. Furthermore, all painted on a yellow background. In fact, Inherkhau had the title “Foreman of the Lord of the Two Lands in the Place of Truth”. He lived and also worked during the time reigns of Ramses III and Ramses IV in the 20th Dynasty. He also had an important position in life, and so in death in his tomb.

On the West Bank, at Thebes, work on tombs supervised by two foreman. One of whom was responsible for work on the left side of the tomb. The other was in charge of the right side. It was a position at which first appointed by the vizier, but later became hereditary. Foreman also worked with a scribe to distribute materials for work and payment. They were also prominent in the local court. The foreman assisted by a deputy, who was usually a relative. Inherkhau’s great grandfather obtained the position of foreman during the reign of Ramses II. The family held onto this position. Inherkau joined the workforce as an ordinary laborer. At the age of 17, he became his father’s deputy foreman. He may have worked as late as the reign of Ramses VII.

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The upper chamber of Inherkhau tomb Luxor has scenes from the Book of Gates. Moreover, it also has text from the Book of the Dead. Furthermore,iIt also has one image of Inherkhau and his wife facing kings and queens. In this last scene, the couple offers incense to kings and queens of the 18th through 20th Dynasty. On the ceiling are unusual patterns. They made up of rosettes and spirals intertwined with the names of Inherkau and his wife, Wabet. There are also other patterns as well, and each separated by lines of text. Moreover, another pattern depicts the heads of cattle topped with a sun disk. It is between yellow spirals. But the most beautiful pictures those found in the deep burial chamber.

In fact, they feature seventeen scenes. Moreover, they are also in three registers to the left and fourteen scenes in three registers to the right. The scenes on the left deal with the after world. Those on the right portray mythological creatures. Upon entering the burial chamber, we encounter a scene on the left front wall. It is of relatives offering libations to the deceased. The first significant scene we encounter on the left wall depicts the god Thoth. It introduces the deceased into the presence of Osiris.

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Next, we find a distinctive scene of Inherkhau dressed in leopard skin like a priest. His head shaved. Next there is a depiction of the souls of Pe and of Nekhen paying respect to the deceased. Moreover, the next scene is indeed a wonderful painting of a blind harpist. He plays before Inherkhau and his wife. The last significant scene on this wall is a well known portrayal of the Cat of Heliopolis. It kills the serpent Apophis under the Persia holy tree. The cat also linked with the sun god Ra. In fact, in Egyptian mythology, the bargue of the sun god threatened by the snake. Moreover, it is daily as it passed through the underworld. This snake is a symbol of chaos that had to killed.

Other scenes on the left wall also include the deceased worshiping a Benu-bird. It wears the crown of the god Osiris. They also include the deceased worshiping Horus in the form of a falcon and Anubis. Moreover, they offer a heart to the the mummy of the deceased. The heart believed by the ancient Egyptians to be the seat of human intelligence. It was one of the few organs which not removed from the body during mummification. The back wall of the chamber at Inherkhau tomb Luxor indeed is beautiful. Moreover,it is with a scene depicting the deceased with his two sons, Kenna and Armin. They offer two torches to the god Ptah, on the left and Osiris on the right.

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At the rear of the right wall, the first significant scene represents the deceased and his wife. They receiving offerings from two of their sons. It is while four grandchildren play about their feet. The top register depicts Inherkhau worshiping the four jackals. They pulling the solar bark during its nighttime journey. In the bottom register, the deceased is in the presence of five priests. The first of whom is holding a rod with a ram’ head. Other scenes on the right wall depict the deceased adoring the horizon. They also depict the deceased seated with relatives, one of whom carries a snake rod.

Moreover, they also depict the deceased worshiping a snake and the deceased worshiping his ba. The ba was one form of the human soul according to Egyptian mythology. In fact, no funerary equipment survived from the tomb. So it must assumed that it robbed during antiquity. Inherkhau tomb Luxor visited as early as the beginning of the 19th century. After that time, collectors have been responsible for removing scenes. But much of the tomb spared.

Entrance to Inherkhau tomb Luxor:

Inherkau tomb situated next to Sennedjem to in Deir el Medina. Inherkhau tomb Luxor opens from 8 am to 4 pm during the winter season. Tickets should bought at the main West Bank ticket office. It is before going to the workmen’s village. Tickets cost 30 Egyptian pound. It is for Sennedjem tomb, Inherkau tomb Luxor and the Hathor temple.

Khaemwaset tomb Luxor Egypt tours, booking, prices, reviews

Khaemwaset tomb Luxor QV 44 located in the Valley of the Queens in the West Bank of Luxor. In fact, Khaemwaset is one of the sons of Ramses III. Khaemwaset tomb Luxor discovered in February 1903. It is with a many sarcophagi which pilled up in the entrance corridor. This was a clear sign that it used for common burial. In fact, Khaemwaset had among his most important roles, that of Priest of Ptah in Memphis. Moreover, his major titles included “Fan-bearer to the Right of the King” and “Sem-priest”. It indicated by reliefs in the temple of Medinet Habu.

Khaemwaset was Ramses III‘s oldest sons. The latest information indicates that his mother was Queen Titi. His father’s brother ascended the throne after Ramses III’s death. The reason is unknown. Khaemwaset did not die during the reign of Ramses III. The inscriptions on Khaemwaset’s fragmentary sarcophagus indicated so. He died later during that of Ramses III’s brother, Ramses IV. The walls of Khaemwaset tomb Luxor have bas relief decorations. The painted colors of which remain in outstanding condition and are of elegant workmanship. The tomb  follows a straight axes with a descending entrance corridor. It leads to the first main long room, a vestibule, with offset annexes to either side. The vestibule leads to a burial chamber with niches and a read annex.

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As we enter the vestibule, on the left there is an image of Ptah. It followed by a scene of Ramses III and Khaemwaset in front of Anubis and Re-Harakhty. Moreover, on the right wall of this room is the king bringing offerings to Ptah-Sokar. It is along with a representation of him and Khaemwaset. They present Geb with offerings of incense before welcomed by the god Shu. Furthermore, in the annex to the left (east) of this room, we find the prince alone before deities. It includes Anubis, Horus-Inmutef, Selkis and Neith. It also includes another scene of Nephthys and Isis in the presence of Osiris. Isis and Nephthys painted in yellow, a color typical of these female deities.

In the right annex the prince shown with the sons of Horus and other deities. There are also scenes of Isis in the presence of Osiris and Nephthys. They are opposite Ptah-Sokaris. From here, entering the burial chamber, we first find on the left chapters 145-146 of the Book of the Dead. Another scene shows Ramses III followed by the prince. And then we have scenes of the genies guarding the gates of the kingdom of Osiris. The gates are number 10, 12, 14 and 16. On the rear wall of the chamber the king presents his son to Sekhenur and My. In fact, Sekhenur is The Great Tightener and May is The Cat. Moreover, he also does to Saupen (The Protector) and Dikesu-uden-bega-per-em-mut.

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He Who imposes Abasement, Who Provokes Weakness and Emerges as Death. On the right in this room we also find the chapters 145 and 146 from the Book of the Dead. The prince follows the king but this time the gate watchers have opened the way for the prince. These genies guard the gates of the kingdom of Osiris. In these scenes, Ramses III followed by his son head. It is towards the obstacles (gates) to the kingdom of Osiris. Phaemwaset will have to confront the gatekeepers with magic spells. It is from the Book of the Dead to surmount these obstacles and enter the after world kingdom.

Moreover, in the rear annex we find a scene of Anubis the Jackal, a lion and then the king. It is along presenting offerings to Thoth and Harsiesis, who was heir to his father, Osiris. Harsiesis shown with a falcon head. To the right are the genii Nebneru and Khaemwaset who takes on the form of another genii. There are also Hery-matt and then Ramses III making offerings in front of Horus and Shepes. On the rear wall of this chamber is a double scene of Osiris. It is with green skin facing Neith (left) and Nephthys (right). Emerging from a blue lotus flower at Osiris feet are the figures. They represent the sons of Horus, Imsety, Duamutef, Qebhsenuef and Hapy.

Entrance to Khaemwaset tomb Luxor QV 44:

In fact, the tomb Luxor is currently open to visitors. Ticket for the Valley of Queens are available at the gate. It costs 70 Egyptian pound for three tombs including Khaemwaset tomb. Photography inside the tombs forbidden and can incur heavy fines.

Khonsu tomb Luxor TT 31 Egypt tours, prices, booking, reviews

Khonsu tomb Luxor Egypt TT 31 located in the west bank of Luxor. The tomb of Khonsu in Luxor has many lovely paintings. They depict the cult of the god Montu and Thutmose III. In fact, Khonsu (also called To) was a priest of the cult of Thutmose III. His title was “First Prophet of Menkheperre”, during the reign of Ramses II. Two offering stelae set up against the wall at either side of the entrance to Khonsu tomb Luxor. The tomb consists of a wide transverse hall leading to a passage and niched shrine at the rear. In the entrance the deceased, with his Family, worship Re. There are also paintings of birds on the ceiling.

On the left-hand side of the entrance there are scenes detailing the Festival of Montu. It is with some of Khonsu’s relatives (Usermontu, a Vizier and a Prophet of Montu). They make offerings to Montu’s barque in a procession of boats. Khonsu can seen offering to the barque of Thutmose III in a kiosk. The barque of Montu arrives at Armant (the modern name of the god’s cult center). It carried to the temple by priests, accompanied by dignitaries. The Montu Temple at Armant built by Thutmose III and part of a pillar of the temple can seen. On the bottom registers the usual funerary scenes show women making offerings of incense. They also show libations to the deceased tomb owner and rites. It is before his mother Tawosret and wife May and other relatives.

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Furthermore, on the right-hand side of the hall, there is a judgement scene. It is with the weighing of the heart and portraying Khonsu. It also portrays his wife and Usermontu led by Harsiesi to Osiris, Isis and Nephthys. Moreover, a pyramid tomb depicted in the bottom register. Priests are offering incense to mummies in the funeral rites. The Feast of Thutmose III shown on the end wall. It is with a procession of the royal barque in front of the temple. In fact, it received by priests and priestesses of Montu. Below, herdsmen and shepherds with dogs. They bring cows and goats from the estate of Thutmose IV. It is to inspect by the deceased and his Family. On the western wall Khonsu and his wife stand before Osiris and Anubis.

In fact, the passage of Khonsu tomb Luxor has decorated ceilings. In the entrance is a grape arbor. Moreover, in the passage itself are geometric textile designs and naturalistic paintings. They are of ducks, fledgling birds, nests and locusts. Furthermore, there is little decoration to see in the passage. The niche of the shrine at the rear of the tomb has indeed interesting scenes. They also show the deceased offering to various deities. On the left Khonsu in his garments. He offers a bouquet of Amun-Re to the Dynasty XI king Mentuhotep Nebhepetre. On the rear wall he offers to Osiris and Anubis. On the right he offers to Hathor as “Goddess of the West”.

Entrance to Khonsu tomb Luxor Egypt:

The tomb is open from 8 am to 4 pm in winter. Tickets for Khonsu tomb, Userhat tomb and Benia tomb can bought at the ticket office.

Seti I temple Luxor Egypt tours, prices, booking, reviews

Seti I temple Luxor indeed is the most northerly of the Theban temples. It situated just past the road to the Valley of the Kings, towards the village of El Tarif. The present entrance of Satis temple is through a gate in the northern wall. In fact, Seti I temple Luxor begun by Seti I who named it “Glorious Seti in the West of Thebes”. The temple dedicated it to Amun-Re and the cult of the deified Ramses I. After Seti’s death, the building and decoration completed by his son Ramses II. Same like many of the West Bank Temples, it saw a great deal of re-use after the New Kingdom. The first is during the Roman Period when it seems to have been an area. It is where artisans worked. Later during the Coptic era when parts of the temple converted to a church and dwellings.

Since 1972 the German Archaeological Institute undertook investigative and restoration work. The two great pylons of Seti I temple Luxor constructed from mud bricks. Between these there is a row of sphinxes. Moreover, they placed on a processional route through the courtyards. Little remains of the first pylon today, but two sphinxes are still visible by the main gateway. The second pylon also almost completely destroyed. It was due to the mud-brick construction and the natural flooding during inundation. A royal palace situated to the south of the first court. It was the first example of a ritual palace which attached to a temple. The facade of Seti I temple Luxor faced with a portico of ten columns.

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On the southern part of the rear wall there are scenes. They show the barques of Seti I, Ahmosi-Nefertari and the Theban Triad. In addition, portrayals of Seti and Ramses II. The northern part shows Seti I and Ramses II. In fact, they offer to various deities and a text from year 6 of Ramses III. At either side of the door to the hypostyle hall are stelae of Amenemesse. They later usurped by Merenptah-Siptah. The hypo-style hall of Seti temple has six elegant papyrus columns. It also has good quality reliefs, characteristic of the reign of Seti I. It is although decorated during the period of co-regency of Seti and his son. To the sides of the hypo-style there are six chambers. They dedicated to the Theban Triad and the Osirian mortuary deities.

The second chamber on the right has an interesting portrayal. It is of a goddess personifying the temple. A small vestibule behind the hypo-style also has chambers at each side. Each with lintels showing fifteen named deities from Egyptian mythology. The sanctuary area of Seti I temple Luxor consists of a triple shrine of the Theban Triad. They are Amun, Mut and Khonsu. It was where the barques of the deities would housed during the ‘Beautiful Feast of the Valley’. The barque pedestal of Amun is still in situ. Behind this, there is the “holy of holies”. It is with many scenes of the king celebrating the temple rituals. The scenes also include a partly reconstructed false door of the king at the rear on the western wall.

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To the south of the hypo-style hall was a series of chapels which associated with the royal mortuary cult. The central chapel dedicated to Seti’s father Ramses I. It has a beautifully-preserved false door at the rear. The chapel shows Ramses I in a kiosk with a falcon above it. The area to the north of the hypo-style hall was a court. It dedicated to the solar cult. It decorated by Ramses II (the reliefs are less subtle than those of his father). This court had ten pillars. They now gone and a large solar altar in the center, unfortunately now broken. Around the walls, there are depicting scenes of Ramses II offering to various deities. It is while the niches once contained statues of the king.

The arrangement of the royal and solar cult chapels in Seti I temple Luxor is same like Hatshepsut temple. Behind this court is the remains of a staircase which went up to a roof sanctuary. Recent excavations uncovered much of the outer complex of the temple. Furthermore, it with its rows of storage magazines to the north of the site. There is also a small sacred lake, now empty, on the south side of the temple. The work is still ongoing but this little-visited temple is well worth seeing.

Entrance to Satis temple Luxor:

The temple is open from 6 am to 4 pm in winter. Ticket costing 80 Egyptian pound. It should bought from the West Bank ticket office.

Roy tomb Luxor TT 255 Egypt tours, prices, booking, reviews

Roy tomb Luxor TT 255 located in the West Bank of Luxor (ancient Thebes). The tomb is in the region which known as Dra’ Abu al-Naja, at the northern end of the Theban necropolis. Moreover, Roy tomb Luxor is on the hillside just before the road turns off towards the Valley of the Kings. It is one of two in this area that have recently opened to the public. In fact, the tomb is a small tomb with only a single chamber. The chamber includes a burial shaft which measures about 1.85 by 4 meters. It also preceded by an open courtyard. In fact, Roy tomb belongs to a royal scribe named Roy. Roy was the steward in the estate of King Horemheb and the Temple of Amun.

However, Roy tomb Luxor also belongs to Roy’s wife, Nebtawy (Nebettauy, nicknamed Tawy). His wife was a singer of Amun. In fact, the tomb dates back to the late 18th and early 19th Dynasties. There seems to be some question whether the couple had any children or not. In fact, the tomb known since 1822 and documented at the time by the Hay Mission of the British Museum. The orientation of the tomb is south east. Moreover, its walls not flat and the surfaces rather roughly hewn. The corners somewhat rounded. Furthermore, the depictions applied to a thin mortar. It fills the irregularities of the walls and ceiling. Hieroglyphs are black on a white or yellow gold base. The columns of hieroglyphs separated by thick vertical red lines.

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Though small, the tomb has a decorated ceiling, adorned with geometric patterns. Moreover, the pattern consists of polychromic rectangles combined with small floral designs. Unfortunately, it is lower than an average person’s height. It may well be subject to damage by tourists who bang their heads on its plastered surface. Other decorations in Roy tomb Luxor are of an informal style. Moreover, they appear to drawn sketches. They less idealized than, for example, the decorations in Ramose tomb. Within the tomb, there are four registers. They depicted on the front wall. In the upper register, a servant leads a young cow and brings jars sealed. It is with leaves before Roy and his wife.

The second, unusual register, portrays two cattle. One is white and one is brown. They pass each other in opposite directions while plowing a field. Though the cows themselves elongated and appear almost as stick figures. The composition is indeed interesting. Furthermore, to their left is a man standing with a child beneath a drawn tree that may be a sycamore. A water bottle and a lunch basket tied to the branches of the tree. In the next register down, a laborer plows a field, and behind him, another man sows seed. Moreover, surmounting these figures, a young boy stands next to a tree drinking from the water bottle. In the final, lower register, a foreman in a white costume leans on a staff. He supervises a woman and also two men harvesting flax.

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In fact, this scene now destroyed. Moving to the left (southern) wall, there sre in the upper register five scenes from the Book of Gates. To the left, Amenemope, the overseer of the royal granary, and his wife Tai. They stand in adoration before a shrine to Ma’at and Nefertum. Moreover, to their right, Roy and his wife stand and offer food before Hathor and Re-Harakhty. Next, the couple stand before the Ennead. Roy’s wife holds a sistrum and a roll of papyrus, though much of this scene destroyed. At right, Horus also leads the deceased couple before a balance. It is on which two Ma’at statuettes are in perfect balance against their two hearts. Paired hearts such as these are not unknown but are not common. Anubis and Thoth record the favorable judgment.

Finally, the couple presented by Horus-son-of-Isis to the god Osiris. It is with green colored skin, who sits in an painted nao. Moreover, Roy is wearing a heart amulet around his neck. Here, we find an error in the drawing. It appears as though his right arm caught up within the string holding the heart amulet. In front of Osiris stand the Four Sons of Horus, emerging from a lotus blossom. Furthermore, behind the god are two goddesses, consisting of Isis and Nephthys. In the lower register on the left wall, there is a depiction of Roy’s funeral procession. This sort of decoration is a standard one. It well painted and the details of the mourners’ faces display a variety of emotion. Left of this, four officials who are friends of the deceased stand and hold staffs in one hand.

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It is while their other hand covers their mouths in a gesture of mourning. Here, a woman kneels below a casket, holding the canopic equipment. It also contains the viscera of the deceased and carried by four servants. Moreover, it surmounted by a figure of Anubis. Above Anubis are some more hieroglyphs, smaller than the others, due to a lack of space. Eight women, dressed in mourning, precede the coffin, which pulled on a sled. Roy’s servant, Thutmes wears the panther skin of a sem-priest. He fumigates the barque with incense. In front, men drive the four cattle that pull the sled. At right, six women and eight men depicted also in mourning. They preceded by a damaged scene depicting a row of officials, two of whom make an offering of water.

The funerary barque itself adorned with two horizontal alternating rows. The rows are of double Djed pillars and Tyet Knots. The white sarcophagus decorated with horizontal and vertical yellow bands. It rests on a funeral bed with feet in the shape of lion’s paws. Moreover, to the right in Roy tomb Luxor, the mummy of Roy stood upright. It is as his wife kneels and weeps at her feet. Moreover, a priest wears the mask of Anubis and prays for the deceased. Here, the deceased has a large collar about his neck and wears a blue wig. To the far right displayed the destination of the procession. The tomb has a pyramid shaped superstructure. It built before the slopes of the Mountain of the West.

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A frieze of a chapel surmounted by Anubis faces of Hathor. Moreover, double kheker friezes and a double column of text repeated six times. They are in well preserved colors and run across the top of this wall. It repeated, though without the texts, on the right wall. All the figures on the left wall face towards the rear of Roy tomb Luxor. Much of the rear wall has destroyed. Here, the painted plaster applied in a thick coat over rough-cut bedrock. It now fallen to the floor because of its weight. The scenes were those of adoration and include the deceased. It is before figures of the king’s wife, who holds two sistra before the god Osiris. At the bottom, and to the left, a few traces remain of a scene.

It depicts Hathor as the Lady of the Sycamore, emerging from her sacred tree before Roy and his ba. Above that, Roy stands before an offering table piled high with various kinds of bread. It is while Amenhotep I and his mother Ahmes Nefertari stand in adoration. They offer bouquets before Anubis. There is also a double scene of Horemheb and his queen Mutnodjmet before Osiris. The niche on the rear wall not well preserved. It contains a stela on which the barque of Re adored by baboons. Roy and Nebtawy depicted with the text of a hymn to Re. Part of the stela on the lower right is now missing. On the right, or north wall, there are Roy and his wife and an offering table between them. They sit while receiving offerings from a sem-priest. Onions seem prominent among the various offerings.

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Just behind the priest, two female mourners go with two coffins. Further to the right, Roy and his wife again are once again seated. They receive offerings including a platter. It covered by a huge and made cover of reeds and flowers. Moreover, behind the couple, in an upper sub-register, sit Roy’s parents. It is while below them in another sub-register, sit other relatives. At the right end of this wall, Roy sits on a chair with his wife. It is on an elaborate cushion before priests and two mourners. There is a large hole in the wall here at this point. It may have happened when a piece of chert fell from the surrounding limestone. Or it could be from a wooden beam used to help lower a sarcophagus down the shaft. The artist who completed the tomb filled the hole with plaster.

They painted bunches of grapes over it. It is like to the technique used on the ceiling of the tomb of Sennefer (TT 96). All the figures on the right wall face the opening of Roy tomb Luxor. Many of the scenes in Roy tomb red-painted columns laid out to receive text. No text ever written on them. Some have speculated that the owner died before the decorations could finished. Many others scholars believe Roy tomb cut and decorated on speculation. It is like other tombs. The names and titles of their eventual owners added later. It was after contracting for the property. Metropolitan Museum in New York has a statue of Roy kneeling with a stela. In fact, this statue came from Roy tomb.

Entrance to Roy tomb Luxor:

Roy tomb is open from 8 am to 4 pm in winter. A ticket for Roy tomb and Shuroy tomb costing 15 Egyptian pound. It can bought at the ticket office.

Ramesseum Luxor Egypt information, tours, prices, booking

Ramesseum Luxor Egypt is a funerary temple of Ramses II 1279–13 BC. It erected on the west bank of the Nile River at Thebes in Upper Egypt. In fact, The temple is famous for its 17 meter seated statue of Ramses II. Moreover, it dedicated to the god Amon and the deceased king. The walls of the Ramesseum Luxor Egypt, only about half preserved. Furthermore, they decorated with reliefs including scenes depicting Kadesh Battle and the Festival of Min. Kadesh is the Syrian wars. In fact, the temple identified with the “Tomb of Ozymandias”.

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In fact, the site located in the Theban Necropolis. It is indeed a popular area for mortuary temples for Pharaohs in the New Kingdom. In fact, the Theban Necropolis located in Upper Egypt. Moreover, it stands across the Nile from the modern day city of Luxor. It dedicated to the memory of Ramses II and to the God Amon Ra.

Tomb of Ozymandias:

Over the years, Ramesseum Luxor Egypt referred to many names. They are “Tomb of Ozymandias” and “The Temple of Millions of Years United with Thebes”. They also include the name of “Memnonium”. Jean François Champollion was a French scholar. He was the first to identify the ruins as belonging to Ramses II. He coined the name, “The Ramesseum” back in 1829.

Ramesseum Luxor Egypt Design:

The site measures 600 feet (183 m) by 220 feet (67 m), which is unusually large. Today, the temple is in ruins. The visitors are still able to enjoy the hands of Ramses II Stature. In fact, the stature is 57 foot (17 m) high. It once stood in front of the very first pylon to the temple. It probably weighed at least 1,000 tons. At the base you read: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair”. The main entrance stood at the eastern situated pylon. It decorated with reliefs of scenes from the Battle of Kadesh, the Festival of Min and the Syrian Wars. On the right wing of the pylon are depictions of the cities that Ramses II conquered. It was during his popular reign.

It is besides to depictions of prisoners taken to the King. The left wing of the pylon reflects the famous battle between Ramses II and the Hittites. In the first courtyard, only one colonnade remains. Ramesseum Luxor Egypt houses a Hypo-style hall. It is a grand interior space where pillars and columns hold up the roof. Presently, 29 columns still stand in the Ramesseum Luxor’s Hypo-style hall. To allow in light, the middle columns are shorter than the outer edge columns. It also featured traceries windows. Depicted on the columns are extra scenes of the Battle of Kadesh. Two rows of Osiris columns represent Ramses II in the second courtyard. It is where the best preserved statues can found. This courtyard is in far better condition than the first.

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Situated to the south of this second courtyard is a second but smaller Hypo-style hall. It at one time boasted eight papyrus bud columns. Also called the Astronomy Hall, the very first 12 month calendar illustrated here. On the western wall is a scene. It depicts Ramses II getting his name which recorded on the tree of life. It is by the God Thoth and the Goddess Seshat, to ensure a long, everlasting life. To the west lay two vestibules that are today in ruin. These vestibules lead to a library and a linen room and what was once a sanctuary dedicated to Amon Ra. It was here that Ramses II built a mud break palace where he stayed during visits to his mortuary temple.

Display of Great Wealth:

Ramesseum Luxor Egypt also contained the earliest arches in history. These arches were barrel shaped. They used for storing funerary materials and worker possessions. They were enormous storerooms of grain and corn. In ancient Egypt, grain considered like gold. A plenty of it stored in these granaries with arches. This grain shipped around the country. It also speculated that the larger temples like the Ramesseum Luxor Egypt had their own merchant ships outfitted with traders. These granaries served as lavish representations of the Pharaoh’s great wealth.

Ramose tomb Luxor Egypt TT 55 tours, prices, booking

Ramose tomb Luxor Egypt located in the village area of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. In fact, Ramose was “Governor of the Town” (Thebes) and Vizier during the Dynasty XVIII transition. It was in the reigns of Amenhotep III and IV. Ramose tomb Luxor indeed reflects his important position in the royal court and. Moreover, it represents the change in style towards “Amarna art”. In fact, it is uncertain whether the deceased ever buried in the tomb. Maybe he followed Akhenaten to his new capital Akhetaten. But no tomb has found for Ramose there. The plan of Ramose tomb is a traditional T-shape. It also built on a large scale with some of the most beautiful relief carvings of any Theban tomb. Furthermore, a wide stairway leads down to the courtyard in front of the tomb.

The entrance also leads into a large transverse hall. Ramose tomb Luxor roof once supported by four rows of eight papyrus columns. Some of these have recently restored. There were a great deal of damage to the tomb, specially to the reliefs depicting Akhenaten. In fact, it was because of a collapsed ceiling. Moreover, this contributed to the preservation of the remaining reliefs. The tomb also usurped by another individual at a later date. The wall on the left of the entrance shows Ramose wearing the gown of a vizier. He consecrates offerings to Amun-Re, Re-Horakhty, Atum and Khepri. Moreover, he followed by his attendants. The scenes of the banquet on this wall indeed are beautiful. They also carved with fine detail on limestone. They left uncolored except for the eyes of the figures.

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Each guest, some of them the relatives of the deceased, named in the accompanying texts. These say that Ramose married his brother’s daughter, Meryt-Ptah. The end wall on the south side portrays the funeral procession in two long registers. Moreover, the floor at this wall slopes down into the burial shaft below, which is sometimes accessible. In fact, this wall not carved but its paintings show good color and detail of the funerary goods. They transported to Ramose tomb Luxor with the procession of mourners. They move towards the Western Goddess. The canopic jars in their shrine taken with the sarcophagus to the tomb on sleds. Before them is an unusual scene of the ‘teknu’ – a mysterious part of the funerary ritual. There are also many opinions about what the ‘teknu’ was.

One idea is that it was a priest who wrapped in skins. He transported on a sled in some kind of ritual of rebirth. The others suggest that it was the wrapped internal organs of the deceased. They not placed in canopic jars. The ‘teknu’ in this scene can seen to be the shape of a man crouching, with his feet showing. The second register shows more of the procession with Ramose tomb Luxor furnishings. It also shows burial goods carried to the tomb. A group of mourning women dressed in white robes with their hair loose shown in a well known scene. The scene is at the center of the procession. Furthermore, nine kneeling women wail and cover their heads. It is with ashes and bare chested women. She dressed in yellow and red beat their breasts. Unfortunately the captions for these scenes are incomplete.

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At the end of the wall the two registers linked together ending before the Western Goddess. It is where the deceased is before his tomb entrance. In fact, the west wall of Ramose tomb Luxor damaged and difficult to recognize. Moreover, it has four unfinished figures of Ramose. The last offering is a bouquet to a king in a kiosk with the traditional nine enemies on its base. The cartouche is that of Amenhotep and the damaged epithet ‘great in his time’. It suggests that the ruler was Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten). Moreover, it portrayed in his earlier years in the formal style of his father Amenhotep III. Behind him sits the goddess Ma’at in the classic style. In the center of the west wall is the entrance to the unfinished inner chamber. It is where Ramose portrayed entering the tomb, with an autobiographical text

On the right of the entrance Ramose seen kneeling prostrated. It is before Amenhotep IV and his queen Nefertiti. They shown in the ‘Window of Appearances’ with the rays of the Aten showering down on them. Moreover, this relief executed in the new style of Amarna art. It also defaced, presumably after Akhenaten’s reign ended. Furthermore, Ramose shown receiving the “Gold of Honor” one of the highest awards in the land. Many courtiers and officials are bowing low before the royal couple. Beyond this scene the wall unfinished. Drawings have sketched in but left uncarved. These show foreign delegates (four Nubians, three Asiatics and a Libyan). They come to pay homage and offer tribute to the king.

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In fact, the north wall of Ramose tomb Luxor not decorated. Moreover, the wall to the right of the tomb entrance again decorated with traditional fine reliefs. There is also an Iun-mutef priest. He dressed in a panther skin. It is with a comprehensive list of offerings. They are for the soul of the deceased. Many family members again shown on this wall. There is a statue of Ramose who dressed in his long vizier’s robe. It is with a heart amulet around his neck purified by two priests. In the scene above, Ramose and his wife face three girls holding out sistra and menat. It is to the deceased in another beautiful relief. Next to the entrance Ramose and his wife depicted with offering bringers burning incense.

Entrance to Ramose tomb Luxor:

Ramose tomb opens 8 am to 4 pm in winter. A ticket for Ramose tomb, Userhet tomb and Khaemhet tomb can bought at the ticket office.

Pashedu tomb Luxor Egypt TT3 tours, prices, booking

Pashedu tomb Luxor Egypt TT 3 closed to the public for long time. The tomb of  Pashedu located in the necropolis of Deir El Medina on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes). Little known about this individual. He had the title, “Servant in the Place of Truth on the West of Thebes”. In fact, Pashedu tomb Luxor itself dated back to the early years of Ramses II. That is why the deceased began working while Seti I was King. Pashedu’s father, Menna, worked for Amun temple on the East bank. Pashedu was the first member of his family to work with the community at Deir El Medina. Moreover, he was most likely a stonemason who helped clear the passage. It was through the limestone cliffs when tombs built. He maybe later promoted to a foreman of the left side.

Two teams usually built tombs on the west bank. They consist of a left and right work gang. One team worked on the left side of a tomb while a second team worked on its right. In fact, Pashedu married to Nedjembehdet. Together they had many of sons (and possibly daughters). In fact, Pashedu tomb Luxor known and robbed during antiquity. Moreover, the tomb rediscovered in 1834 by Egyptian soldiers who were hunting treasure. Furthermore, a Scottish traveler and artist named Robert Hays happened to be in Luxor at that time. He heard of the discovery, he made drawings within the tomb. Moreover, the tomb indeed is a simple tomb layout. It is with an antechamber and a short corridor leading to a burial chamber. Only the corridor and burial chamber decorated.

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The corridor also has a large painting on either wall. It is of the god, Anubis as a jackal sitting on a pedestal. These two images are mirror reflections of each other. Between Anubis’ hind paws he holds a nekhakha-flail. As we enter the burial chamber, just above the doorway on the front left wall is a small image. It is of the deceased worshiping the goddess Nut in a tree. Moreover, she emerges from the tree trunk and pours a libation over the kneeling Pashedu. The hand raised to catch the water. In three registers, the rest of the lower wall is a scene. It also depicts rows of the deceased’s family in adoration. Furthermore, in the arch above the doorway, we find Pashedu worshiping Sokar-Osiris. It is in the form of a winged falcon on a boat. In Pashedu tomb Luxor, above the god is also an udjat-eye.

Turning the corner, on the long left wall, there is a scene showing Pashedu and his wife. Moreover, it is with their hands which raised in worship of Horus. By there feet are also a son and granddaughter. Note the wax perfume on his wife’s head. Here, passages from the Book of the Dead surround the images of Pashedu and Nedjembehdet. Further down the wall is a fragmentary image of Horus as a falcon. It also surrounded by the text from the Book of the Dead. Images no longer adorn the lower part of the back wall of the burial chamber. Moreover, within the upper arch we find a scene depicting Osiris in full regalia. A deity raises a burning brazier (candles) before him. Behind him are the mountains of the west over. It also shows a udjat-eye holding a second burning brazier.

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On the left is another falcon (Horus). We find Pashedu kneeling at the foot of the scene in adoration. The first scene at the rear of the right wall is Pashedu and his wife on a boat. Moreover, the child with them is perhaps a granddaughter or may be an unknown daughter. In fact, they make their way west to the land of the dead. Moreover, before them on the boat is a table of offerings. Next, there is a also larger scene. It also shows the deceased and a girl worshiping the gods Re-Harakhty, Atum, Knepri and Ptah. They seated. On the right wall towards the front is of Pashedu worshiping Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.

Moreover, on the front right wall of Pashedu tomb Luxor, there is the best known scene in this tomb. Here, Pashedu crouches by a stream in the shade of a palm tree laden with clusters of dates. Chapter 12 of the Book of the Dead describes how the water will quench the fires of the underworld. So, it preserve the deceased from harm. On the right part of the vaulted ceiling we find details a procession of gods. These include, from right, Thoth followed by Hathor and the Re Harakhty. They also include finally Neith. A similar procession of gods adorns the left side of the ceiling.

Entrance to Pashedu tomb Luxor Egypt:

The tomb is open from 6 am to 4 pm in the winter season. To reach the tomb, climb the steps to the Deir El Medina tombs of Sennedjem and Inherkhau. And then, keep going along the steep path up the hillside. A guardian will usually you to unlock the tomb. There is a separate entrance ticket to the tomb which costs 60 Egyptian pound at the gate.

Queen Titi tomb Luxor Qv 52 Egypt tours, prices, booking

Queen Titi tomb Luxor Egypt QV 52 located on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes). It is in the area which known as the Valley of the Queens. In fact, the tomb is somewhat smaller in scale than many other royal tombs of the 20th Dynasty. It damaged by later reuse. Though we are not sure about the position which Titi held within the Ramesside royal court. We believe that Queen Titi maybe was a wife of Ramses III and maybe also was his daughter. Moreover, Queen Titi maybe also was the mother of Amenherkhepshef. Amenherkhepshef buried nearby Queen Titi tomb in the Valley of the Queens. Queen Titi might have also been the mother of Ramses IV. In fact, the tomb Luxor shares many common features with the tomb of Amenherkhepshef. It also shares many common features with the tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44).

The decorative program of Queen Titi tomb Luxor is identical in many stances. The painted figures set against a background of white or gray. It is although in some scenes, the background color changes to near yellow. One intriguing feature of the tomb is the way in which Queen Titi depicted. Furthermore, in some scenes, she is a young girl wearing the costume and braided hair style of a teenager. Moreover, the scenes are such as those on the front wall of one of the rear chambers. In the corridor on the left wall, she represented as a middle aged woman. Queen Titi dressed more conservatively and with a hint of make-up.

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These sorts of representations are not common in Egyptian art. The contrast between the younger woman and the older one are striking. In fact, Queen Titi tomb Luxor takes the form of a corridor. Furthermore, it followed by a burial chamber that in turn surrounded by side chambers. On the entrance jambs leading to the first corridor given the titles of some texts about the queen. Within the corridor, beyond a broken figure of a kneeling, Queen Titi appears in a damaged scene. She worships Ptah, who stands in a shrine. To the right of this, Queen Titi holds two sistra before Re-Harakhty. She stands in adoration before Imsety, Duamutef (Sons of Horus) and Isis.

On the right wall, once again we find a winged Ma’at, and Queen Titi worshiping Thoth. Holding two sistra, she also stands before Atum and worships Hapy, Qebensenuef and Nephthys. Moreover, the thickness of the doorway of Queen Titi tomb leads into the burial chamber. On it, we can see the goddesses Neith on the left and Serqet on the right. In the burial chamber, the ceiling adorned with delicate white stars. They are on a golden background. On the right side of the front wall, Anubis and a relaxed lion protect the tomb.

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Moreover, on the left side, a lion-headed Nebnery stands in front of Queen Titi. It is in the form of the squatting youth, Herima’at. These scenes are the same as those in the Tomb of Khaemwaset. Though here they less well preserved. On the left wall, below several columns of text, stand two baboons and a monkey with a bow. Beyond a gate, a damaged scene of Hememet Genii. He depicted as a vulture, a hippopotamus and a drawn human figure, each holds a pair of knives.

On the right wall there are damaged figures of guardians flanking the doorway. An anonymous bird-headed genie at the right end of the wall. It still retains much of its original color. On the left side of the rear wall, Queen Titi holds sistra before Imsety and Duamutef. It is while on the right, she holds two rolls of papyrus around which coiled cobras. They represent Upper and Lower Egypt. Here, she stands before the gods Hapy and Qebehsenuef. Above them, two boats hold small shrines. A doorway on the left side of the burial chamber leads into a low, square side chamber. Here, side walls depict Queen Titi before the Four Sons of Horus. It is while on the back wall a few traces remain of a destroyed scene representing Osiris. The floor of the chamber has collapsed into a passage that leads to the tomb’s burial chamber.

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Moreover, on the right side of the burial chamber, another doorway leads into a second side chamber. It is with better preserved decorations. On the left wall, there are three demons with the heads of jackals. There also a snake and a crocodile stand near four canopic chests. The room used for the storage of the queen’s canopic equipment. On the right wall, three more demons stand with the souls of Pe and Nekhen. In fact, the rear wall of this side chamber is particularly interesting. At left, the goddess Hathor, depicted as a cow. He emerges from a well-painted mountain. At right, in a scene that now destroyed, Queen Titi adores a sycamore fig tree in which Hathor resides. A third chamber that opens from the rear of the central burial chamber. It also has some well preserved decorations.

On the front wall, figures of Queen Titi stand on either side of the doorway in poses of worship. On the left wall stand the Four Sons of Horus. In a lower register, sit mummiform figures of Geb, Nut, Nefertum and Harhekenu. It is before offering tables piled high with bread and ewers below. The right wall of this chamber also depicts the four sons. It also depicts the mummiform seated figures of Hu, Sia, Shu and Tefnut. On the back wall, Nephthys and Thoth, to the left, and Neith and Serqet, to the right. They pay tribute to enthroned figures of Osiris.

Entrance to Queen Titi tomb Luxor:

The tomb currently is open to visitors. Ticket for the Valley of the Queens can bought at the gate. It costs 35 Egyptian pound for three tombs including Queen Titi tomb in Luxor. Photography inside the tombs forbidden and can incur heavy fines.