King Tut's Tomb and Us

 Hi this is Frances. Cody and I just got out of seeing Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings south of Cairo. When we were in there, I imagined I was Howard Carter (who was an Egyptologist who found King Tut's tomb). I was walking down the stairs, then chipping through the rock in the passageway,  cracking the door open a bit, slipping my candle into the dark. Still imagining I was Howard Carter, I peered into the antechamber and saw gold animals everywhere. I walked through and saw another door, which led me to the Annex. I imagined how it took 2 months to unload and put labels on all the riches in the annex and the antechamber. Finally, I tapped Cody on the shoulder and said, "Let's go into the Burial Chamber," (aka, "the Golden Shrine"). 

Cody was a little nervous and tired from climbing the Pyramid of Giza that day but he said, "Okay."

Engravings on the wall of the shrine

Just like Howard Carter did, we went in and saw a big golden wall, which really was a big golden box holding King Tut. And on the sides of the box said, "Be Strong & Safe Travels!" Beside the box were oars that the ancient Egyptians believed would help him get across the waters of the underworld. That means he was going to another life.

In the Valley of the Kings, we found a guy trying to do what Cody did

I am already missing being in the Valley of the Kings and inside the tomb of King Tut. And I bet Cody is missing the top of the pyramid, too. Cody and I are on the same continent and in the same country but we are interested in drastically opposite things. He wanted to go to the TOP of the Pyramid of Giza and I wanted to go to the darkest depths of Valley of the Kings. 

See ya! Frances Joy