TT1 - Tomb of Sennedjem — Attraction in New Al Qarnh City

Despite being overlooked by many tourists, Deir EI-Medina is of great historical importance as it was home to the artists and craftsmen who built and ornamented the royal tombs of the rulers of Ancient Egypt!! Most of the pictures above are of the Sennedjem Tomb - the most preserved burial chamber of them all. Sennediem was an artisan who lived in the reign of Sethos I and Ramses II. He held the title "Servant in the Place of Truth", meaning that he worked on the excavation and decoration of the nearby royal tombs de The 3rd picture is of a mural portraying Sennediem and his wife, lyneferti, kneeling before the tree goddess Nut, whose bod is seen merging with the trunk of the sycamore "Tree of Life" as they enter the underworld The Egyptians believed that the goddess would emerge from a sycamore when their souls rested in the tree's shade, and would give them nourishment and water, as you can see The 6th picture is of the end wall depicting Sennedjem's perception of his afterlife; as a farmer harvesting corn and growing fruit in an orchard, accompanied all along by his faithful wife His view of heaven makes it all the more powerful when you realize that he had spent his entire life living in the...

One of the tombs in the Tombs of the Workers complex (also known as Valley of the Artisans or Deir el-Medina). Your ticket to Deir el-Medina gets you into this complex, and includes this tomb and the tomb of Inherka. It's worth buying the extra (inexpensive) ticket to the tomb of Pashdo, which gets you into the more recently-opened tombs of Amennakht, Nebenmaat, and Khemteri. You must buy your tickets before you come to the complex. They are available at the main Luxor...

Maybe our favourite tomb in Deir El Medina. Most tourists do not visit the area and it is an enormous mistake: not only it adds an essential side to the stay in Luxor (the people making the tombs lived, died and were buried here). More naif and colourful, less "rules"...