Qurna is the village on the west bank at Luxor, Egypt, situated in the bosom of the mountains.
It's one of Luxor's most important archaeological sites, where people lived over and among the tombs of the nobles.
The Qurna name is derived from the peak (qurn) or pyramidal summit which overlooks the Valley of the Kings, on account of which the local people applied this name to this individual village, whose population have been connected with the Valley of the Kings, its tombs, excavations and discoveries, and the adventurers and antiquities dealers ..
In Qurna it is almost always difficult to separate fact from fiction, myth from history, reality from unreality and magic.
I like the colours against the monochromatic sand and rock, Khaled! Very nice composition the way the line of the buildings parallels the top of the hill against the sky, too. Nicely done! Dave.
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