Elite Travel Portal » Egypt http://elitetravelportal.com Travel Reviews You Can Use Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cairo Egypt and the Valley of the Kings http://elitetravelportal.com/cairo-egypt-and-the-valley-of-the-kings/ http://elitetravelportal.com/cairo-egypt-and-the-valley-of-the-kings/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:45:01 +0000 admin http://elitetravelportal.com/?p=288
If you are to ask the most international tourists as to which is the place that they would like to see, it would not be surprising if they mentioned Cairo Egypt and the Valley of the Kings. After all, Egypt is well known for its majestic rulers the Pharaohs, who had ruled the Nile valley for so many centuries and who ensured that their memory was preserved for posterity in the form of the great Pyramids. The main area in the Nile valley that contains these magnificent examples of ancient Egyptian architecture which are just unimaginable marvels is known as the Valley of the Kings which is located just opposite the modern city of Luxor. This city is said to have been built between the 16th and the 11th centuries BC.
The scenes and sights of Cairo Egypt and the Valley of the Kings have just to be seen to be believed. It contains the tombs of so many if the kings and nobles of ancient Egypt that are just amazing because they were built before the age of modern machines and cranes. It still beats people as to how such huge blocks of stone and heads of the pyramids could be hauled up without the benefit of any modern equipments and technology. This is something that has baffled not only laypeople but also Egyptologists and experts who are supposed to be in the know of such matters.
In Cairo Egypt and the Valley of the Kings there are said to be as many as 63 tombs and accompanying chambers. There is one large and complex tomb that has as many as 120 chambers which is indeed one of the most magnificent of the tombs. The opulence of the tombs is to be seen to be believed as these kings and nobles took with them relics of their regal finery as a kind of preparation for the next life.

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