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Valley of the Kings - must visit in Luxor

Around 1500 BC, the Egyptian Pharaohs decided not to build more pyramids to serve as their own tombs after their death. Instead, the bodies of the Pharaohs will be transported to Luxor and buried in a complex crypt. That is the Valley of the Kings today. At that time, with underdeveloped medicine, poor hygiene conditions, combined with exposure to the hot and humid climate of Africa, poisonous insects, bacteria and toxic gases in the tombs caused causing groups of people participating in excavating the tomb to suffer disability or even death. This has fueled the belief in "King Tut's Curse" for a long time. In addition to King Tut's tomb, many other pharaohs of ancient Egypt were also buried here such as the generations of kings Rameses (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, X), Hatshepsut, Amenhotep I…
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