Wadi al-Muluk
E389977
Wadi al-Muluk is the Arabic name for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the famous necropolis where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in elaborately decorated rock-cut tombs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wadi al-Muluk canonical | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| ArabicNameOf | Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Amenhotep II
ⓘ
Horemheb ⓘ Merneptah ⓘ
surface form:
Merenptah
Ramesses II ⓘ Ramesses III ⓘ Ramesses IX ⓘ Ramesses VI ⓘ Seti I ⓘ Thutmose III ⓘ Tutankhamun ⓘ nobles of the New Kingdom ⓘ pharaohs of the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| contains |
KV11
ⓘ
KV14 ⓘ KV17 ⓘ KV34 ⓘ KV35 ⓘ KV47 ⓘ KV5 ⓘ KV57 ⓘ KV62 ⓘ KV7 ⓘ KV8 ⓘ KV9 ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| eraOfMainUse | circa 16th century BCE to 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Egyptian Antiquities Service
ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Belzoni ⓘ Howard Carter ⓘ Theodore M. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | restricted archaeological area with regulated tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
corridor tombs
ⓘ
elaborately decorated tomb walls ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ underground burial chambers ⓘ |
| inscribedOn |
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
|
| knownFor |
ancient Egyptian funerary art
ⓘ
astronomical ceiling decorations ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ well-preserved royal tombs ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Luxor Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Luxor ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| overlookedBy |
Deir el-Bahri
ⓘ
surface form:
Deir el-Bahari cliffs
al-Qurn peak ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| usedAs | royal burial ground ⓘ |
| usedDuringDynasty |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
19th Dynasty of Egypt
20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.