Photos for a story about King Tutankhamen for the Smithsonian Magazine.
LUXOR EGYPT – September 27: Empty carts wait to carry tourists to the valley of the kings in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27.LUXOR EGYPT – September 27: A taxi driver waits for customers near the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27.LUXOR EGYPT – September 27: Mahmoud Mahmoud works as a a guide and guard of the Carter House, a renovated museum to the man who found King Tutankhamun LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27. Mahmoud originally lived in Old Qurna which is on the side of the mountain near the dig sites for pharaonic tombs. But recently the government forcibly moved the village and it’s residents to a new site.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: Tourists ride a horse carriage through Luxor’s vegetable market in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: Tourists walk through Luxor temple in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: Tourists walk by the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is displayed inside his small tomb in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 27: Mahmoud Mahmoud walks to the replica King Tutankhamun tomb which was recently finished, but doesn’t get nearly as many visitors as the real tomb at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27.LUXOR, EGYPT – September 27: A tree of post cards stands in front of the Luxor temple includes King Tutankhamun’s burial mask, in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: The body of King Tutankhamun is displayed in a glass case inside his small tomb in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: A small group of tourists wait outside the tomb of King Tutankhamun is displayed inside his small tomb in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: A stall of dusty pharaonic knick knacks and gifts tempt tourists at the side of Luxor’s tourist market in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28. A man drinks coffee in the background.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: A stall of dusty pharaonic knick knacks and gifts tempt tourists at the side of Luxor’s tourist market in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: A stall of dusty pharaonic knick knacks tempts tourists at the side of Luxor’s tourist market in LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: A small group of tourists wait outside the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 28: The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is displayed inside his small tomb in the Valley of the Kings at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 28.LUXOR EGYPT – September 27: A replica of the King Tutankhamun tomb was recently finished, but doesn’t get nearly as many visitors as the real tomb at LUXOR, EGYPT on September 27. The replica tomb is accurate down to the detailed mold on the walls and is designed to decrease the wear of tourists in the real tomb.
