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Lion Heron and Kite, Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens | Valley of the Queens - Luxor, Egypt (20230220_095246.jpg)

Lion Heron and Kite, Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens

The tomb belongs to Nefertari, the Great Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It is called the Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt. Nefertari, which means "beautiful companion", was Ramesses II's favorite wife; he went out of his way to make this obvious, referring to her as "the one for whom the sun shines" in his writings, built the Temple of Hathor to idolize her as a deity, and commissioned portraiture wall paintings.
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