What's up everybody, NEXT here and today we are going to the Valley of the Kings. Located west bank of the river Nile, we can find what is arguably the most famous cemetery in the world. It was called the great noble necropolis of millions of years of Pharaoh.
And for 500 years, it is where most royals of Egypt's new kingdom era were buried. 62 tombs and 20 unfinished pits have been discovered here, seven of them in the large West Valley of the Kings and the rest in the East Valley where we're headed today. Our driver relates his story about driving for Henry Kissinger and dealing with Secret Service who wanted to drive his car. They won't drive the car?
He want to drive my car. Oh, he want to drive your car. I said to him, sorry, this is my car.
I drive. You know the police was like... Oh yeah, like the security guards. I said to him, don't worry, I'll drive the car.
We like Kissinger. He's a good man. He's a peace man. Yeah, Secret Service. Like secret police from America.
Yes. So they wanted to drive the car for Kissinger, but you decided to drive it for them? Yes.
I said to him, he's a good man, he makes peace. I have to drive with him. Where is the police station to be at all night?
I go there in the morning to get the car. Perfect timing. They all left for lunch.
We're going to have the Valley of the Kings to ourselves. So as you can see, there's pretty much next to nobody in the parking lot, only one or two other buses because we timed it right using my own experience as a tow operator here in Egypt. We made sure we came at a time when we know that there's not many tourists.
So we'll pretty much have the value of the kings to ourselves today. On the way out. If the tombs don't make you feel claustrophobic, the vendors certainly will. Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. easy.
One doesn't take the A train to get to Mecca. The journey to the destination is all part of the experience. It's an expression of the seriousness of one's intent.
Unfortunate for these vendors today, our intent is not related to anything material. We are here to see something intricately related to the spiritual, but we can still have some fun along the way. Rasta.
Tamam, Rasta never die. Mia mia, Bob Marley. Tamam, Massary Bob Marley. So as you can see, we pretty much have the place to ourselves for the most part.
Over here is a really cool layout of the Valley of the Kings and what we're going to see. This is a replica of the mountain Alcorn or Horn and the tomb. The rooms below follow a numbering system established in 1827 by John Godner Wilkinson.
So this is your first time at the Valley of the Kings Trinity? What do you think? tickets we have the two general tickets for Karina and I which are 240 Egyptian currently and then because Trinity is young she gets a student ticket which is only 120 Egyptian and then here's our ticket for the ride so you have to actually get a separate ticket then we also have the tomb we purchased the tomb of Seti I which is an additional ticket that one is a thousand Egyptian it is a beautiful tomb not one you want to miss if you come here and then here are the tickets for Tut and these are 300 Egyptian there's really not much to see in that tomb but because Tut is so famous everybody wants to go there although aside from his contribution to the colonnade at Luxor temple and having a tomb that was found fully intact the boy king didn't really contribute a whole lot to ancient Egyptian history let's go check out our first tomb so we're gonna go check out the tomb of king Tut-Ankhamun right now basically king Tut which again there isn't a whole lot to see here What do you think Trinity, excited to see King Tut?
I don't think we're actually going to see him. Well, you are. Yeah.
The mummy's in there. He's still in there. The inspector's here today. Manager.
Inspector. These stairs are really steep here. Oh my god, that's what you're talking about. Mama, this is scary.
All the tombs have a lot of stairs and long walkways, so it can be exhausting. Here he is, King Tut. Paramedic, how old?
I've never seen much worse. That is crazy. It's like 30 minutes. But it's really high up like this.
This is easy. It's the mummy of King Todd. Is that him? Yeah.
God, I don't even know he was here. Yeah, he's in here. They're going to move him to the museum.
They have him. It's real. It's him.
Oh my goodness, that guy. I thought he had him in the museum, but they have him with this affair. Guy, the young boy.
He's the one that built the colony at Luxor. When we go to Cairo and we go to Cairo Museum, you'll see the gilded tombs. It was almost like Russian nesting dolls, like one after another.
Over here, Tuntan Kamun, in the presence of Phanubis or Anku, is receiving life from Hathor. Then we have the Amduat. King Ai as a priest performing the opening of mouth ceremony for King Tut in an Osirian form then Book of the Dead spell one.
This is all you see in this one this one's small there's nothing to see in here. What do you think your first tomb King Tut what do you think? Yeah there's a tomb where they were buried the others are much deeper wider there's more to see this one's not a whole lot Oh So we just checked out the tomb of King Tut Tutankhamun Now we're off to see the tomb of Seti I which again is an additional ticket very expensive one a thousand Egyptian which is about sixty three dollars you ask The tomb of Seti I is over 130 meters long and it's one of the most elaborately decorated tombs.
It's a nice colored habit book. Yeah, it reminds you it's similar to the Luxor? Yeah, because the different kings used different kinds of habit books. And the double M's and the triple M's.
These are all magical spells that are intended to get the king. So the king, yeah. The people mode that says. Yeah, into the afterlife. And this is where you're going to find the most like metaphysical stuff.
Yeah. When you go to the temples, it's mostly like cartouches and titles. Here you're going to see a lot of stuff that people don't understand. Yeah, all the spells and stuff like that.
Yeah. All the snakes. It's scary.
Wow. Drop your phone down there. Well-preserved funerary texts can be seen depicted throughout the tomb, which is entirely covered in base reliefs and well-preserved paint.
One can find the Litany of Ra near the tomb's entrance, followed by the Opening of the Mouth and then the Book of Gates. As you penetrate deeper into the tomb, you'll notice damage resulting from early European explorers, such as Belzoni. But what really catches our attention is the vast array of texts, which were intended to assist the deceased king upon his spiritual resurrection. A small locked gate leads deeper into the ground, which has not been fully excavated, and up on the ceiling we can see the deacon stars and constellations, personified in animal form, such as the crocodile and hippopotamus.
Adu Horis, Seti, Osiris, Atum again, Anpu, Anubis, Seti, Seti with Osiris. This is strong, this Pharao. This Pharao is strong. Oh, okay, that's what they mean.
They're taking on the strength of the animal. Yeah, there's a side lock of youth. Oh, okay. Means he's young. Khnum.
Oh yeah, they have this one on the other side too, but this one is prettier because it's the one on the... Go in the room, it's open, he's saying. Wow!
They opened the forest. Looks like the hat though. Sissy.
It's the most beautiful tomb. You gotta come and pay for the city ticket. I know it's a little expensive but completely worth it.
I think it's probably the best tomb here in the Valley of the Kings. So now we're going to go into KV 16 which is the tomb. Of Ramses the first.
This is Ramses one. This wasn't too bad. Ramses I was already quite old when he came to the crown, after a military career under Horemheb. He died at only 16 months after becoming king, so this tomb was completed quickly.
What might have become a corridor, typical of tomb-building protocol, became instead his burial chamber. Inside the tomb, we are confronted with a red granite sarcophagus, painted red, with bright yellow figures detailed in black. It's easy to access without much to see, as it's the smallest royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Even smaller. There's the top of the sarcophagus, or the stone box.
And then a bunch of stairs. Not as decorative as SETI 1. As you can see, a lot of the walls are bare. It's pretty much just that room. So that was Ramsay's one.
You can really see reliefs at the very end of the tomb. Not really a whole lot to see here. Pretty sober for the most part. Amenhotep Amenhotep Amenhotep So as you can see here, you get your tickets punched. This has a hole in it that's already been used so it's good for two more tombs.
So now we're going to go down and check out Sedi 2. Is it more up there? Yeah So here is the tomb of Thutmose I But unfortunately this is closed To Sir, to Sir, Horace, Osiris. We are now in the tomb of Tusseret. Tusseret was the queen of Seti II. Following his death, their youngest son took the throne, but he had a clubbed foot suggesting that he may have suffered from disease and died six years later.
So, Touceret stepping into power claimed the throne, making her one of Egypt's rare female pharaohs. She was also the final pharaoh of the 19th dynasty. But another pharaoh named Set-Nak took the throne, founding a brand new dynasty, and usurped Touceret's tomb, leaving archaeologists with some puzzling problems. Set-Nak erased all memory of the female pharaoh Touceret, and he enlarged the tomb, adding several additional passageways and a column wall. But some Egyptologists speculate that the usurpation was actually performed by Ramses III after his father's death and that Ramses III may have taken Setnaq's original tomb.
The mystery remains unsolved, making it an interesting tomb to visit for those seeking to find new clues. One thing you will find however is that the colors of the reliefs in many areas are well preserved. They depict scenes from the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns, and the Book of the Dead.
The tomb also contains a sarcophagus, and while it isn't the most impressive tomb in the Valley of the Kings, it's well worth a visit for those who feel called to explore its unusual and confusing history. It's really dry down there. Let me see. So as you guys can see, we pretty much have had the Valley of the Kings all to ourselves for the most part.
Have a nice time, Frank. You too. Shokran! So that was our day at the Valley of the Kings. As you guys can see, again, we pretty much have the place.
So just a little traveler tip, when you come here to the Valley of the Kings, the best way way to do it is actually to come at lunchtime around 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon because this is when all the big major tour groups and buses pull out which pretty much leaves you the value of the Kings to yourself they all leave for lunch lunchtime you come in you have a place to yourself for the most part this is where I leave my tourists during the day to make it the most convenient it was amazing! hope you enjoy the new upcoming video like that