Tomb of Queen Nefertari, Egypt
Egypt - Ras El Sudr - Marsa Alam - Luxor - Hurghada - Aswan - Alexandria - Abu Simbel - Sharm el Sheikh
Tomb of Queen Nefertari is located in Valley of Queens situated on the west bank of Nile River near to Luxor. Valley of Queens is known as 'Place of Beauty' in ancient times and consists of tombs of queens belonging to 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Tomb of Queen Nefertari is the most beautiful and magnificent tomb of Valley of Queens and is built by her husband Ramesses II. The tomb of the queen represents her importance in Egyptian history. Nefertari is among the few queens of Egypt that gained importance similar to the Egyptian kings.
The walls and the ceiling of the tomb are decorated by the motifs. Outer door of entrance leads to the outer hall through staircase. The lintel over the doorway is decorated by a sundisk flanked by Wadjet-Eye from both sides. Scenes on the walls of the tomb depict Isis and Nephthyus in falcon form. The outer hall of the tomb is in shape of square probably and measures 5.20 meter by 5.30 meter. There is a niche below it, which was carved out of rock and was designed to support the part of funerary equipment.
On the left of the hall queen is shown seated on throne. One scene of the tomb depicts queen herself kneels in front of her soul and the hands are uplifted in adoration of two juxtaposed lions and between them is the sun disk. In this image the two lions are the symbol of 'past and future'.
From the outer hall a corridor continues up to the funerary designation of the tomb. The burial chamber of the Tomb of Queen Nefertari is relatively a large rectangular room along with foursquare pillars supporting the ceiling of chamber. Four goddesses adorn the entrance walls of the burial chamber of the tomb. The four pillars of the tomb form a kind of shrine that contain sarcophagus of Queen Nefertari now lost are decorated by the images of various deities.
