Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Workers' Tombs
Fresh from our balloon ride, we went back to the Nile Valley Hotel where we had a quick turkish coffee to await the tour members who were going to join us at the valley of the workers.
Met by a new guide who explained the history and what we would see inside, we duely explored 2 of the open tombs. Unfortunately the advent of digital photography has spoilt the experience for those of us responsible enough to turn our flashes off as photography has now been banned throughout Egypt in all the tombs to save the delicate paintwork from further fading.
The tombs are remarkable in their state of preservation. Much of the painting looks as if it could have been done last week and yet remember that these walls were painted some 3,200 years ago!
They really were very beautiful indeed.
# posted by The Guv'nor @ 4:37 PM 
