West Bank further explored incl. Valley of Queens, Tombs of workers

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This trip takes you into lesser-explored territory along the West Bank at Luxor. You’ll start by visiting the Valley of the Queens, where the wives and family members of the famous pharaohs and highly-ranked nobles were entombed thousands of years ago. Around 80 lavishly-decorated tombs are hidden in the Y-shaped valley, including the resting place of the famous Queen Nefertiti. Its brightly-coloured reliefs have earned this tomb the nickname of the ‘Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt’. You’ll have some time to navigate the narrow tunnels of some of the tombs. Later, you’ll move on to Deir el-Medina – once a village that housed the tombs’ builders. Some of the workers built their own mausoleums, and also decorated them in a spectacular fashion.