Arlene Chapman was the only one of the 24 of us willing to fork over the $42 dollars to tour the tomb of Queen Nefertari. Even Arlene's husband John passed.
Arlene took some great photos while in the tomb, and sent them to me. After seeing these pictures I wish I had gone, but such is life.
A little Wikipedia background on the very impressive Queen:
Nefertari was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time. Her lavishly decorated tomb, QV66, is one of the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens. Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument there.
(The Ramesses referred to is Ramesses II, who left a large imprint on Egypt.)
All photos by Arlene Chapman:
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