We walked around the valley and saw some of the other tombs, some of which were open and some were not. The first photo was that of Tutankhamen. While this is not considered that great a tomb by Valley of the King standards, it has received so much notoriety that it has its own separate fee charge to get in. It’s like an additional twenty bucks US to see it. We saw pictures of it when they entered it and lots and lots of what was inside it displayed in two museums, so we didn’t go into the actual tomb.

The second photo is of the sons of Ramses II. It’s listed as being discovered in 1825, which it was, but only six of the chambers. The greater extent of the tomb was not discovered until 1995. An American archeologist (Kent Weeks) discovered another secret entrance and has since found over 120 additional rooms. He speculates that there could be many more still to be discovered. They may not have this whole tomb sorted out in our lifetime. You can see some of the complexity of the tomb on the entrance sign below.

The third photo is of the tomb of Ramses I. He died in 1294 BC. We went into this tomb. The tomb went very steeply downhill once entered. It was not that great a tomb as Ramses I only ruled Egypt for one year. He did have a very large, high, pink granite sarcophagus. He also had lots of very big cobras carved into the walls. This tomb was extremely hot and stuffy inside, much more so than the others that we went inside. I have to admit that it felt great to get back out into the boiling heat and sunshine when we exited this tomb.