Luxor 2

Here's a pathetic attempt to update, quite haphazardly I might add, all the things that I've done this past semester. Yes, I know that I'm still in Egypt in this blog thingy. I'm leaving in less than 24 hours from Jerusalem, and the internet just barely started working again and so I'm trying to sum everything up in a few hours. As they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words so here's a bunch of pictures of the things I've done. They're more fun anyway than reading my ramblings. When I get home and have more time to process and reflect on all of the things I've seen, I'll add more description to each post. But as for now, some of the other highlights in Luxor: The Valley of the Kings. This is where I saw things such as the tomb of King Tut and Thutmoses III. Souvenirs anyone? A funny store on our way to Luxor next to the Colossus of Memnon:
The Necropolis or cemetery of the Old Kingdom of Memphis in Saqqara. This is where famous Egyptian architect Imhotep designed the precurser to the pyramids, a mastaba. Crazy to thing how old this structure is. . . In the
In the New Kingdom of Thebes, rock-cut tombs dug into sandstone cliffs replaced pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs. These were adorned with fresco paintings on the walls and ceilings. One in particular lies just outside of the Valley of the Kings, the very famous funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
Inside the temple:
Pit tomb 33 is located near Hatshepsut's temple. Some LDS scholars suggest that Pit Tomb 33 could be similar to a tomb where the Book of Abraham papyri were found.

Abraham 1:21-27; Exodus 2:5-10. Scriptural accounts of noted Egyptian women (Egyptus & Pharaoh's daughter).

And another shot of the Nile at sunset. Really miss that hotel in Luxor. . .