Our Egypt Vacation - Day 5 - Temple of Hatshepsut

After Valley of the Kings, we visited the Temple of Hatshepshut, the most famous female pharaoh in Egypt.

This is also where the 1997 Luxor Massacre took place. The tourist industry went down after that terrible incident and now an armed security guard will always accompanied most of the tourist group tour.



It was a hot day and a shade was always welcomed.



Around this area, there were plenty of alabaster factory. We visited one factory and unless you know the stuff, you wouldn't know if the price quoted is reasonable or not.

Qayyum trying the manual grinding of the raw material



Manual carving



Work area



Finish product



Group photo