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Ramses III Tomb

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  • Valley of the Kings, West Bank
    Luxor, Egypt
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Tomb of Ramses III

  • March 15, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by wanderluster from Evansville, Indiana
The thing that strikes you first about this tomb is that all the colored images and hieroglyphics are behind a shield of dirty smudged plastic throughout the tomb. Only one small area, near a pillar where the plastic had broken off, allowed us to see the real thing. (And of course, there was a tomb attendant standing there, quick to smile and point it out in hopes that you'd thank him profusely and tip him generously for your apparent stupidity in your complete unawareness of that missing piece of plastic...sorry, guess the suffocating heat got to me. We smiled in acknowledgment instead, and declined his opportunity to take another photo in ‘his' tomb, thereby forgoing another tip...You're supposed to tip a pound every time you take a photo, plus have to pay 5 pounds per tomb per person for the privilege of taking photos in each tomb.)

The unique feature in this tomb were the ten side chambers that depicted agricultural scenes and a music scene. Looked like two blind men playing harps. Other scenes included stacked jars and vessels, and necklaces to illustrate what contents were kept inside the chambers.

But the part I thought was cool to see was the pit. All of a sudden the hieroglyphic images on the walls quit. And a littler farther on was a grey stone pit, meant to trap the grave robbers who trespassed looking for the treasures. It didn't work. All the tombs were raped except for famous King Tut's tomb.

This tomb was very easy to walk into, but disappointing because of the plastic shield which made it difficult to see the images. It looked like the tomb was in heavy need of restoration at the time of our visit. Even the burial chamber was off limits, as it is apparently unexcavated and closed to the public.

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