Luxor-Valle de los Reyes
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- Distance
- 1.59 mi
- Elevation gain
- 184 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 184 ft
- Max elevation
- 663 ft
- TrailRank
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67
5
- Min elevation
- 491 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 266
- Uploaded
- April 11, 2023
- Recorded
- April 2023
near Al Qurnah, New Valley (Egypt)
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Luxor...Day 2
After almost an hour's journey by minibus, coming from the Luxor Temple,
Visit to the Luxor Temple
after buying two bottles of cold water from the driver at the price of 2x1 euro to remedy the heat, which, although it starts to be stifling, gives us a certain breath as it is dry, also thanks to the light breeze that cools our faces, we arrive at the next stage. Parked safely, we storm the golf carts that bring us to the entrance, hardly waiting for them to stop. Demonstrating our adaptation and versatility before such challenges. Ángel says that fed up with the looting of the visible pyramids, they had the brilliant idea of building them inside the mountain. An idea that turned out to be a success, judging by the difficulties archaeologists had to find them, even though they had clear clues as to where they were. He gives as an example the odyssey of Howard Carter, who, urged and pressured by the sponsors, discovered the tomb of Tut Ankh Amon on the last night of the last day of the umpteenth extension, thanks to the happy incident involving a water boy, who deposited the pitcher on He saw the sand give way, glimpsing the steps at the beginning of a staircase that led to the grave. The legend about the curse of those who were related to the discovery has been the subject of several films. Although that is not attributable to the architects who designed the pyramids. The graves are cataloged with letters and numbers to document their location. A model allows you to get an idea of the whole and in its lower part, near the ground, they have recreated the direction and length of the tunnels. Crossing what I would define as a caldera, under the sweltering desert sun and enduring long lines, we managed to enter several tombs. Normally entering a cave relieves the heat due to its temperature conditions, but here, the tunnels, in addition to the human heat released, are humid and suffocating, the steps slippery and steep. We see examples of well-preserved drawings with pleasant colors. At some points, the caretakers invite you to jump over the wooden protections to take a photo, we see how they then ask...yes...1 euro for the favor. In the tomb of Tut Ankh Amon there is limited capacity and we do not protest too much when, due to lack of time, we have to leave without visiting it. One less curse to fear. Again we boarded the carts to return to the parking lot, to leave without delay for the Temple of Hashepsut.
Visit to the Temple of Hatshepsut
After almost an hour's journey by minibus, coming from the Luxor Temple,
Visit to the Luxor Temple
after buying two bottles of cold water from the driver at the price of 2x1 euro to remedy the heat, which, although it starts to be stifling, gives us a certain breath as it is dry, also thanks to the light breeze that cools our faces, we arrive at the next stage. Parked safely, we storm the golf carts that bring us to the entrance, hardly waiting for them to stop. Demonstrating our adaptation and versatility before such challenges. Ángel says that fed up with the looting of the visible pyramids, they had the brilliant idea of building them inside the mountain. An idea that turned out to be a success, judging by the difficulties archaeologists had to find them, even though they had clear clues as to where they were. He gives as an example the odyssey of Howard Carter, who, urged and pressured by the sponsors, discovered the tomb of Tut Ankh Amon on the last night of the last day of the umpteenth extension, thanks to the happy incident involving a water boy, who deposited the pitcher on He saw the sand give way, glimpsing the steps at the beginning of a staircase that led to the grave. The legend about the curse of those who were related to the discovery has been the subject of several films. Although that is not attributable to the architects who designed the pyramids. The graves are cataloged with letters and numbers to document their location. A model allows you to get an idea of the whole and in its lower part, near the ground, they have recreated the direction and length of the tunnels. Crossing what I would define as a caldera, under the sweltering desert sun and enduring long lines, we managed to enter several tombs. Normally entering a cave relieves the heat due to its temperature conditions, but here, the tunnels, in addition to the human heat released, are humid and suffocating, the steps slippery and steep. We see examples of well-preserved drawings with pleasant colors. At some points, the caretakers invite you to jump over the wooden protections to take a photo, we see how they then ask...yes...1 euro for the favor. In the tomb of Tut Ankh Amon there is limited capacity and we do not protest too much when, due to lack of time, we have to leave without visiting it. One less curse to fear. Again we boarded the carts to return to the parking lot, to leave without delay for the Temple of Hashepsut.
Visit to the Temple of Hatshepsut
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498 ft
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