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.

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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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Valley of the Kings hasAlternativeName Bibān el-Mulūk