Bibān el-Mulūk
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Bibān el-Mulūk is the Arabic name for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the famous necropolis on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor where many New Kingdom pharaohs were buried.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bibān el-Mulūk canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
burial site ⓘ necropolis ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| ArabicNameOf | Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| contains |
KV17
ⓘ
surface form:
KV17 (tomb of Seti I)
KV34 ⓘ
surface form:
KV34 (tomb of Thutmose III)
KV35 ⓘ
surface form:
KV35 (tomb of Amenhotep II)
tomb of Tutankhamun ⓘ
surface form:
KV62 (tomb of Tutankhamun)
tomb of Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form:
KV7 (tomb of Ramesses II)
rock-cut tombs ⓘ tombs of nobles ⓘ tombs of pharaohs ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | burials of rulers and elites ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Egyptian Antiquities Service
ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Belzoni ⓘ Howard Carter ⓘ Theodore M. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | New Kingdom funerary art ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateApprox | 25.740°N 32.601°E ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
decorated burial chambers
ⓘ
hidden tomb entrances ⓘ steep limestone cliffs ⓘ wadi-like valley ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus | part of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hieroglyphic funerary texts
ⓘ
royal burials of the New Kingdom ⓘ tomb of Tutankhamun ⓘ well-preserved wall paintings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Luxor ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ west bank of the Nile ⓘ
surface form:
West Bank of the Nile
|
| locatedNear |
Nile
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile River
|
| locatedOpposite |
Luxor
ⓘ
surface form:
modern city of Luxor
|
| managedBy | Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
burial place of New Kingdom pharaohs
ⓘ
royal cemetery ⓘ |
| usedDuringDynasty |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ 20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
archaeologists
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.