Posts Tagged ‘Luxor’

Travel Photography – Egypt – Valley of the Queens and The Colossi of Memnon

Travel Photography – Egypt – Valley of the Queens and The Colossi of Memnon

The Valley of the Queens is close the Valley of the Kings and is another large necropolis where many Egyptian Queens and princes were buried, the most famous of which is the tomb of Nefertari, the principle consort to the Pharaoh Rameses II although this is closed to the Public. In much the same way [...]


Travel Photography – Egypt – Valley of the Kings

Travel Photography - Egypt - Valley of the Kings

Having chosen to go on a Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan and back it seemed a good opportunity to put the Canon 5D MKII through its paces. After the delayed flight and late arrival and the first night on the MS Da Vinci we went on a tour of the Valley of the Kings [...]