king Tut ankh Amon

In the heart of Valley of the Kings there is the most famous tomb; a tomb of a child king who ruled for only few years but his tomb made him the highlight of history. It’s the tomb of king Tut ankh Amon, which has been discovered 1922 by Howard Carter.

In 1917 started Howard Carter his search for the tomb of king Tut he believed that he was buried in the valley but no sign to find it , he searched the whole valley until 1922 exactly November he discovered it by coincidence.

There are two stories how it was discovered, one of them tills that he needed sand and stones to cover one of the wells at the front of a tomb (it was used to get rid of thieves at the time of the pharaohs) and he got it from beside his tent then he found stairs he went down with the stairs to find the gate of King Tut's tomb with its stamps as he thought it was never touched. 

Hatshepsut Temple

Hatshepsut a lady who ruled Egypt for more than 22 years you can visit her temple at the west bank of Luxor city; it’s a unique temple in its design which made it one of the most attracting places to visit. Most of the travel agencies put this temple along with Valley of the Kings as a classic tour.

This temple is the only terraces temple in Egypt, built from limestone and it was designed by senenmut the architect of King Hatshepsut king of Upper and Lower Egypt as she called herself.

She was the daughter of king Tutmosis 1^st who had no sons from his main wife Ahmos nefrtary so in order to have a son he married a side wife and then he got his son Tutmosis 2^nd who was married to Hatshepsut  to get the right to rule Egypt but he had no sons from her that’s why he also got a side wife then he had his son Tutmosis 3^rd, who was 4 years old when his father died; and in order to claim the throne he had to marry the daughter of his step-mother and aunt Hatshepsut so she became also his mother-in-law.

 Hatshepsut helped him to rule Egypt as he was a child but officially he was the king but she rules after a while she discovered that she can rule so why giving a child the throne of Egypt with help of the priests she sent him to Syria telling him that he'll go to learn the arts of war to become a great warrior. At this time she crowned herself as king of Egypt and built her funerary temple which is hugged by the mountain giving it a very beautiful look. More about Hatshepsut and the reliefs of her temple also what you are going to see inside; this will be told by your Egyptology guide if you book this excursion. Enjoy it