About 3,500 years. Some 600 miles up the Nile valley, south of Cairo, you come upon the Valley of the Kings. Here the pharaohs made secret tombs in the sides of mountains. The Valley of the Kings is one of the most isolated spots on earth. Almost nothing grows there – no tree, no shrub, no blade of grass. The sun hits down from an everlastingly clear sky whose bright blue is the only colour divergence to the dull, constant dark gold rock and sand, hills and valley floor. All along the desert cliffs there are many tunnels which lead towards the Valley of the Kings , going hundreds of feet into the mountain where the pharaohs were buried. The ancient Egyptians made them with many different and dangerous branches, pitfalls and traps to keep people from finding the kings. The valley itself is accurately honeycombed with tombs, which, over the times, contained some of the richest treasures ever set down by men to the honour of their dead, to honour their pharaohs.
Some 17 tombs are discovered and they were all robbed, among which Tutankhamen’s (the smallest of the tombs) is the only one not looted during the centuries. The largest is that of Rameses III.
In the tombs, extensive wall paintings and inscriptions still show their original colours. In July 1881, one of these tombs was found and was opened. It contained nearly forty mummies, including that of …show more content…
Inside the bindings, 143 pieces of jewelry of various kinds were discovered.The body was wrapped in several layers of gold and precious stones. But the naked body decayed, blemished by the ointments which were meant to increase its hopes of survival. In the undergound complex there were two other rooms – the Annex ( the antechamber) and the Treasury ( the Burial Room). Both these contained treasures. There were signs that robbers had been here. In the Annex, there were even ancient greasy fingerprints on some of the jars from which precious oils had been
Some 17 tombs are discovered and they were all robbed, among which Tutankhamen’s (the smallest of the tombs) is the only one not looted during the centuries. The largest is that of Rameses III.
In the tombs, extensive wall paintings and inscriptions still show their original colours. In July 1881, one of these tombs was found and was opened. It contained nearly forty mummies, including that of …show more content…
Inside the bindings, 143 pieces of jewelry of various kinds were discovered.The body was wrapped in several layers of gold and precious stones. But the naked body decayed, blemished by the ointments which were meant to increase its hopes of survival. In the undergound complex there were two other rooms – the Annex ( the antechamber) and the Treasury ( the Burial Room). Both these contained treasures. There were signs that robbers had been here. In the Annex, there were even ancient greasy fingerprints on some of the jars from which precious oils had been