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The Ramesseum: Suggested Itinerary While in Egypt

The Ramesseum is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor, or Thebes as it was called in ancient times. It sits between the cultivated area and the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. North of the Ramesseum, you may visit the remains of the Mortuary Temple of Seti I and you must pass the Ramesseum and Hatshepsut's temple to go to the entrance to the Valley of the Kings. You can combine a visit to the Ramesseum and a selection of the Tombs of the Nobles in nearby Qurna. Use your Penguin Guide to determine which tombs prior to crossing the Nile from Luxor, as you have to buy tickets to the tombs at the ticket booth at the river side.

If you wish to video, you may have to have separate permits to use a video camera in the tombs, ask your guide or taxi driver where the permits can be purchased. When we were there, the permits were bought at a place separate from the ticket booth.

Another idea is to arrive at the ticket booth very early and get in line for to buy one of the limited tickets to the restored tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. These will be for a specified time period and you can then visit the Ramesseum as convenient, based on your tomb visit schedule. That way, you can visit monuments to the King and Queen on the same day. Rameses also has a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, but the Valley should be a full day's tour.

The Ramesseum is described, along with the Temple of Seti and the Colossi of Memnon on pages 338-340 in your Penguin Guide. The Lonely Planet guide covers the Ramesseum on pages 294-295 (to order).