05/08/2017
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Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is a valley on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor (ancient Thebes) where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the pharaohs, their wives and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the 18th to the 20th Dynasties of ancient Egypt). The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs are situated) and West Valley.
With the 2006 discovery of a new chamber (KV63), the 2008 discovery of 2 further tomb entrances, and the 2011 discovery of yet another tomb, the valley is known to contain 65 tombs and chambers (ranging in size from KV54, a simple pit, to KV5, a complex tomb with over 120 chambers). It was the principal burial place of the major royal figures of the New Kingdom, together with those of a number of privileged nobles. The royal tombs are decorated with scenes from Egyptian mythology and give clues to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period. Almost all of the tombs seem to have been opened and robbed in antiquity, but they still give an idea of the opulence and power of the rulers of this time.
Valley of the Queens
The Valley of the Queens is where wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient times when it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning ‘the place of the Children of the Pharaoh’, because along with the queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th Dynasties (1550–1070 BCE) many princes and princesses were also buried with various members of the nobility. The tombs of these individuals were maintained by mortuary priests who performed daily rituals and provided offerings and prayers for the deceased nobility.
The valley is located near the better known Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile. This barren area in the western hills was chosen due to its relative isolation and proximity to the capital. The kings of the 18th dynasty, instead of building traditional pyramids as burial chambers (perhaps because of their vulnerability to tomb robbers), now chose to be buried in rock-cut tombs.
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