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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Sonesta St. George Nile Cruise Luxor
A new day in your Adventure start your day by exploring the Valley of the Kings Your tour in Luxor will not be complete until you visit the Valley of the Kings the burial place of the great Pharaohs of the New Kingdom, the Valley started when King Thot-Mosis 1 to separate his tomb from the normal burial temple, moreover, he gave the order to bury his body not in luxurious monuments but in a secret, inaccessible place. So he gave the order for his Vizir (Inin) to dig the tomb of the King after that all the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom used to dig their tombs in the Valley of the Kings, it has 62 Tombs most famous is the Tomb of King Tutankhamun,
After that, you will visit the Valley of the Queens where the royal wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient Egypt. It was known then as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning "the place of beauty". It was most famous for being the burial site of many wives & Princesses of Pharaohs Visit the famous tomb of Nefertari one of the finest in the Theban necropolis – and all of Egypt for that matter enjoy the ecp[etiaonl beauty of the Nefrtari tomb before heading to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, The temple of the strong lady the first lady of ancient Egypt her majesty Queen Hatshepsut.
This woman ruled Egypt for about 16 years she ruled after her brother -husband Tot-Mosis II,
She built this temple as a funeral temple she used to rule Egypt as a male king because it wasn’t allowed for a woman to rule Egypt she married her brother to justify her right to the throne of Egypt.
Moreover, queen Hatshepsut married her stepson Tutmosis III and put him in the shadow for 16 years and when he became an adult he killed her, and then he became the king of Egypt and as an act of revenge, he destroyed everything related to this queen so when you visit her temple.in the west bank, you will find that he removed all her names from the walls. The temple of Queen Hatshepsut has unique style consist of 3 floors cut into the cliffs of the mountain of the Valley of the Kings, queen Hatshepsut was buried in the Valley of the Kings with the pharaohs.
End your tour at the west bank with a photo stop at Memnon statues enjoy some authentic shopping at the local Alabaster factories by the Valley. back to your Nile cruise for lunch and sailing towards Edfu.Overnight on board.