Archaeological tour

Tutankhamun's funerary mask; mid-fourteenth century BC, New Kingdom; gold, semi precious stones, ceramics; tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings; now Cairo Museum.

Detail of a painted carving depicts Queen Nefertari Meritmut, the first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. Nefertari's face is rendered with shading to add depth to the figure, an unusual practice in Egyptian paintings. Tomb of Nefertari (QV66), Valley of the Queens, West Thebes.

KV4: Unfinished Tomb of Ramesses XI The Tomb KV4, the unfinished tomb of Ramesses XI, located in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes) has been known and open since antiquity. The tomb was initiated for the burial of Ramesses XI but it is likely that its construction was abandoned and that it was never used for Ramesses's interment. KV4 is notable for being the last royal tomb that was quarried in the Valley and because it has been interpreted as being a workshop used during the official dismantling of the royal necropolis in the early Third Intermediate Period

Temple of Nefertiti Ancient Egyptians carved giant statues of Ramesses II and Nefertiti at the Temple of Nefertiti in Abu Simbel, Egypt.