I’m going to Memphis, Memphis….

About a month ago, we had the great privilege to attend a tour of Sakarra and Memphis with Dr Alain Zivie.

Dr Zivie has been digging in Sakarra for a very long time. He has made many notable discoveries including a mummified lion and the tomb of the wetnurse to Tutankhamen and is featured in a short movie they show at the Imhotep museum in the Sakarra complex.

He took us on a tour of the necropolis of Sakarra. We visited the tomb of Horemheb.

Much of that tomb’s original art now lives in museums in Paris, Belgium and London. Most of what is on the site now are replicas. They are still quite amazing.

All of this sits a few minutes walk from the main tourist attractions. And is practically unknown.

Dr Zivie then took us to Memphis. Not much remains of the once royal city of Egypt. Some statues mostly, and vague impressions on the ground of where walls once stood.

I managed to snap a few photos, as always.