Day Tour to Ramesseum Temple & Valley of the Nobles

Itinerary
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Pass By: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt

Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning and Pick-up to start your tour to the west bank of the Nile to visit the tombs of Noblemen, which is the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the ancient city, such as high-rank members of the government officials, scribes and some powerful priests. It provides an irreplaceable directory of scenes from everyday life and also of funerary customs, then continue your tour and visit the magnificent Ramesseum temple, which is the memorial temple of the famous king Ramses II or Ramses the great, contains remains of the colossus of king Ramses II, which is the most massive granite statue ever fashioned to such a high standard, the colossus inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) poem, the Ozymandias. The walls of the great pylon at the entrance to the temple shows the famous scenes of the battle of Kadesh, a series of offering and religious scenes painted on the walls of the rooms and halls of the temple, with some an amazing astronomical scenes showing the importance of the astronomy in ancient Egypt, after you finish your tour you will be driven back to your hotel.