Egypt
In the middle of the 12th century B.C. the Pharaoh Ramses IV set out his grand plans for his afterlife which included one of the largest mortuary temples in all of Egypt and a grand tomb in the Valley of Kings, KV4. Sadly for Ramses he died in what was his 6th year of his reign leaving his mortuary temple as only a dream, and his tomb was stopped unfinished and quickly decorated for the kings unexpected burial.
Flash pictures are not allowed in the royal tombs however the antiquities ministry has given permission to these images in the name of tourism. Ramses IV came to the throne after his father Ramses III was murdered in a conspiracy among the harem to put a lesser son on the throne.
Photo; Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Media
- Egyptian Team Works To Uncover Statue Of Pharaoh
VOA News (Edward Yeranian) Also available as MP3 clips from the above page An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt's well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh...
- Lost Pharaohs
http://tinyurl.com/nrrpq (Nation/World)"With the discovery by archaeologists earlier this month of the first truly 'new' tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings since Howard Carter found King Tutankhamen's in 1922, the question arises of who's...
- Abu Simbel
William MacQuitty G.P. Putnam's Sons New York Library of Congress Catalog Number 65-19561 1965 The book opens with a nice forward by Dr. I. E. S. Edwards who explains the character of the great King Ramses II and his monument to himself at Abu Simbel...
- Valley Of Kings Tomb Kv8 Open
The tomb of Ramses II's thirteenth son King Merenptah is now open to visitors to the Valley of Kings. The tomb is one of the longest and biggest in the valley and has been closed for restorations for a number of years. Most interesting is the restoration...
- Valley Of The Kings: The Tombs And The Funerary Temples Of Thebes West
Kent Weeks VMB Publishers Italy 2008 ISBN: 978-88-540-0976-9 This book edited by Kent R. Weeks and with photographs by Araldo De Luca has 14 contributors who represent a who's who of Egyptology so much is expected from it. Right off the start the...
Egypt
Tomb of Ramses IV
In the middle of the 12th century B.C. the Pharaoh Ramses IV set out his grand plans for his afterlife which included one of the largest mortuary temples in all of Egypt and a grand tomb in the Valley of Kings, KV4. Sadly for Ramses he died in what was his 6th year of his reign leaving his mortuary temple as only a dream, and his tomb was stopped unfinished and quickly decorated for the kings unexpected burial.
Flash pictures are not allowed in the royal tombs however the antiquities ministry has given permission to these images in the name of tourism. Ramses IV came to the throne after his father Ramses III was murdered in a conspiracy among the harem to put a lesser son on the throne.
Photo; Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Media
- Egyptian Team Works To Uncover Statue Of Pharaoh
VOA News (Edward Yeranian) Also available as MP3 clips from the above page An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt's well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh...
- Lost Pharaohs
http://tinyurl.com/nrrpq (Nation/World)"With the discovery by archaeologists earlier this month of the first truly 'new' tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings since Howard Carter found King Tutankhamen's in 1922, the question arises of who's...
- Abu Simbel
William MacQuitty G.P. Putnam's Sons New York Library of Congress Catalog Number 65-19561 1965 The book opens with a nice forward by Dr. I. E. S. Edwards who explains the character of the great King Ramses II and his monument to himself at Abu Simbel...
- Valley Of Kings Tomb Kv8 Open
The tomb of Ramses II's thirteenth son King Merenptah is now open to visitors to the Valley of Kings. The tomb is one of the longest and biggest in the valley and has been closed for restorations for a number of years. Most interesting is the restoration...
- Valley Of The Kings: The Tombs And The Funerary Temples Of Thebes West
Kent Weeks VMB Publishers Italy 2008 ISBN: 978-88-540-0976-9 This book edited by Kent R. Weeks and with photographs by Araldo De Luca has 14 contributors who represent a who's who of Egyptology so much is expected from it. Right off the start the...