2007年12月15日
ちょっと時間が取れたので、週末の休みを使い、カイロから飛行機に乗って1拍でルクソールに行くことにした。ルクソールというのは、紀 元前16から11世紀くらいまでに栄えた都で、テーベともいう。テーベというのはギリシャ語なのだそうだ。ナイル川に沿って立地する。エジプトの古代都市 は例外なく、水が得られ農作物が豊富なナイル川沿いの地域にある。
ルクソールは、川の東側に町があり、ほとんどのホテルもこちら側にある。対岸、つまりナイル川西岸は、王家の谷といわれ、中王朝時代の王や家臣たちの墓 が、深い谷にかくまわれるようにしてある。王家の谷のほとんどの墓は、いつの時代にか盗掘にあい、金目の品は盗まれ、あるいはミイラさえも失われた りした。ところが20世紀初頭、ツタンカーメンの墓が、ほぼ無傷で発見された。有名な黄金のマスクもここから出土した。
つまり、ルクソールは生者は日の昇る東、死者は日の沈む西というこ とのようだ。もちろん西にも盗掘で有名なクルナ村があって、地元の人が住んでいるから、一概にはいえないけれど。
今回はルクソールの西岸、死者に近い場所を取り上げよう。
I visited Luxor in Egypt while I was staying in Cairo, as I had some free time in one weekend. Luxor is a city which flourished roughly 16 to 11 centuries B.C. The city is located along the Nile as all the cities had been in this region.
Luxor city is located ont the eastern bank of the Nile, and most of the hotels are located this side of Nile. The other, or the western bank of the Nile, is almost entirely dedicated to the dead, so to speak. There are the Valleys of the Kings in the arms of the rocky mountains and the Mortuary Temples of Hatshepsut and others. The valley of the Kings is a collection of tombs of the Middle Kingdom kings and their minors. The Tomb of Tut Ankh Amum is probably the most famous, as his was almost the only tomb that was found without prior damages and stealings.
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140-1 Luxor City, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-2 The Nile, Luxor City, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-3 Collossi of Memnon, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-4 Kings Valley, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Hitachi Digital Camera HDC502
140-5 Kings Valley, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-6 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-7 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-8 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-9 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-10 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-11 Kurna Village, West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3
140-12 Luxor City, Egypt, October 2007/ Bessar R Ultron 28mm Kodak EB-3