valley of the kings & medinat habu

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The Valley of the Kings - there aren't many pictures because cameras are forbidden inside the tombs.

 
That's me outside the tomb of Rameses IV and my grandaughter Eden all tired out

Asia and Lisa leaving the Valley of the Kings

A neat village near the valley

 
Just outside the temple of Medinet Habu (L) and a carving of Rameses bopping his enemies (R)

My grandaughters taking a break to do some of their own artwork inside the temple

 
Some of the beautiful colored columns inside Medinet Habu.

 
More close-ups of the square columns

This picture is of the warriors presenting the hands of the enemies to the
Pharoah as proof of how many they killed

Rameses flanked by two Goddesses as he presides over the Kingdom