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Day 10, More Luxor

March 16, 2009

Cool 3-D rendering of the Valley of the Kings

It shows where the tombs are underground!

Ready for some tombs!

Our tomb-exploring crew

First tomb - Ramses IX

No pictures allowed in any of the tombs

Next, Tausert's tomb (my fav of the group)

The entrance

You can google pics if you want to see the inside

It was very hot and crowded here (and it was winter!)

Lastly, Siptah's tomb

The entrance

Valley of the Kings

We paid extra for King Tut's tomb

He was still in there!

Valley of the Kings map - we consulted this a lot

Our guide loved Matt's DS

Queen Hatshepsut's temple

We were there!

Lots of Osirises

Hot and crowded here too

See?

The temple has multiple levels

And of course, hieroglyphics and carvings

Some with color!

Starry night sky (this was on the ceiling of most tombs)

Matt with colorful paintings

Erin and Queen Hatshepsut

The lobby of our Luxor hotel

Luxor temple - we didn't go inside just yet

We went back at night to see it all lit up (just wait)

Stopping for lunch, here's Blair

and Matt eating pizza

Shopping in the Luxor market

More spices

Tons of jewelry

Got some good deals!

The sweet pool at our hotel in Luxor

OK, now we're at Luxor temple at night

Pretty cool. If only I had a better camera

Erin and King Tut

There were lots of bats living up in the columns

Amun-Min. Look closely to see his specialty as a god

Erin and Matt at Luxor temple

More night shots...

Matt at Luxor temple

Posing with...someone....

Fun night shots

Here's where the avenue of sphinxes ends (or begins)

Goes allllllll the way to Karnak

So we had to smoke a hookah to be like the locals

Don't worry, totally harmless (and legal)

Green apple flavor!