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Photographs of the Valley of the Kings from tomb interiors as well as exterior views of the valley including the tombs of Ramses 1V, KV 43 and 19.
Valley Kings EG0213039jhp Egypt Valley Kings Tomb KV19 Prince Mentuherkhepshef painting offering colours was son of Ramasses 1X, although his tomb was unfinished it has some excellent colourful depictions of the important ancient Egyptian Gods and although protected by Perspex panels, the custodian was very helpful and slid them back for me to take photographs in 2002 when it was still allowed. Thanks to the capability of the modern digital camera, the first and only chance I have had to use one, a Fuji S2 as photography is now banned in the Valley of Kings per se and especially in the tombs. Adjustments in Photoshop give the chance of reasonably accurate colours even when the tomb paintings were lit by low level artificial light when tripods and flash were not allowed; what could I get with a Nikon F700 and a tripod, which were allowed at one time as well. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Thebes, Theban, Valley Kings, prince, tomb, KV19, Montu, Mentuherkhepshef, Montu-hir-Khopshef, upright, paintings, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, bright, white, plaster, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, hieroglyphs, death, burial, mythology, afterlife, history, hieroglyphics, Gods, offering, wine, pouring, fruit, flowers, wine, grapes, bread, DSLR, Fuji, S2, handheld, artificial, light, Photoshop, adjusted, corrections, Perspex, screens
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Valley of Kings Luxor
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Valley Kings EG0213039jhp
Upload Date: 2002-10-27 08:11:22
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Egypt Valley Kings Tomb KV19 Prince Mentuherkhepshef painting offering colours

was son of Ramasses 1X, although his tomb was unfinished it has some excellent colourful depictions of the important ancient Egyptian Gods and although protected by Perspex panels, the custodian was very helpful and slid them back for me to take photographs in 2002 when it was still allowed. Thanks to the capability of the modern digital camera, the first and only chance I have had to use one, a Fuji S2 as photography is now banned in the Valley of Kings per se and especially in the tombs. Adjustments in Photoshop give the chance of reasonably accurate colours even when the tomb paintings were lit by low level artificial light when tripods and flash were not allowed; what could I get with a Nikon F700 and a tripod, which were allowed at one time as well.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Thebes, Theban, Valley Kings, prince, tomb, KV19, Montu, Mentuherkhepshef, Montu-hir-Khopshef, upright, paintings, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, bright, white, plaster, ancient, Egyptian, archaeology, Egyptology, hieroglyphs, death, burial, mythology, afterlife, history, hieroglyphics, Gods, offering, wine, pouring, fruit, flowers, wine, grapes, bread, DSLR, Fuji, S2, handheld, artificial, light, Photoshop, adjusted, corrections, Perspex, screens