The West bank is the home of the dead. Here were buried the great pharaohs, their wives and courtiers, hoping to rest in peace for eternity. As far as is known, only one pharaoh managed this - Tutankhamen, and he is the only one to still be in his original tomb, albeit without any of his funerary furniture.

Balloons over the West Bank
For £150 - English, not Egyptian, a dawn hot air balloon flight over the West Bank has to be THE once-in-a-lifetime experience. Sue took this picture, as she drifted over the area, listening to the sounds of the villages waking up and getting a unique view of the temples and valleys. If your budget can run to it, and you don't mind getting up and out at 5 am, for a quick breakfast in the desert on the way, you can book in all of the major hotels.

The Colossi of Memnon - a strange mixture of Latin and Greek - are the ruined statues of Amenophis III, which stood outside his mortuary temple, and are virtually all that remain of this vast complex.