Valley of the Kings

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ancient necropolis archaeological site tourist attraction

The Valley of the Kings is an ancient royal necropolis in Upper Egypt where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom, including Tutankhamun, were buried in elaborately decorated tombs.

Aliases (4)

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient necropolis → archaeological site → tourist attraction →
approximateUseEndCenturyBC	11th century BC →
approximateUseStartCenturyBC	16th century BC →
associatedWith	Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs → New Kingdom funerary practices →
climate	arid desert →
contains	KV11 → KV14 → KV15 → KV17 → KV34 → KV35 → KV47 → KV5 → KV57 → KV62 → KV7 → KV8 → KV9 → decorated burial chambers → rock-cut tombs → tombs →
country	Egypt →
discoveredByWesternersCentury	18th century →
famousExcavation	Howard Carter excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb →
governedBy	Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities →
hasAccessFrom	Luxor →
hasAlternativeName	Bibān el-Mulūk → The Great Field → Wadi al-Muluk →
hasApproximateNumberOfTombs	around 63 known tombs → over 60 →
hasBurialOf	Amenhotep II → Ay → Horemheb → Merenptah → Ramesses II → Ramesses III → Ramesses IV → Ramesses IX → Ramesses V → Ramesses VI → Seti I → Setnakhte → Siptah → Tausret → Thutmose III → Tutankhamun → Tuthmosis I → Tuthmosis IV →
hasConstructionType	rock-cut architecture →
hasProtectionStatus	protected archaeological zone →
hasSubregion	East Valley → West Valley →
includedIn	Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis →
knownFor	burial treasures → funerary art → hieroglyphic inscriptions → tomb of Tutankhamun → wall paintings → well-preserved royal tombs →
languageOfInscriptions	Ancient Egyptian →
locatedIn	Theban Necropolis → Upper Egypt →
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile →
locatedOpposite	Luxor →
majorNearbyTempleComplex	Karnak → Luxor Temple →
partOf	Thebes →
periodOfUseEnd	20th Dynasty →
periodOfUseStart	18th Dynasty →
primaryDeityAssociated	Osiris →
systematicExcavationsStartCentury	19th century →
tourismInfrastructure	marked paths → ticketed tomb entry → visitor center →
tutankhamunTombDiscoveryYear	1922 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes →
usedAs	royal burial ground →
usedFor	burial of New Kingdom pharaohs → burial of high officials → burial of royal family members →
writingSystemOfInscriptions	hieratic → hieroglyphs →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amenhotep II → Ramesses II → Thutmose III → Thutmose IV →	burialPlace
Luxor Governorate → Upper Egypt → West Bank necropolis → west bank of the Nile →	contains
Egyptology ("tomb of Tutankhamun") → Egyptology ("Valley of the Kings tombs") →	hasImportantDiscovery
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → Luxor →	hasPart
Pharaoh →	buriedIn
Egyptians →	famousMonumentCulture
Ancient Egyptian art ("Valley of the Kings tomb paintings") →	hasCanonicalExample
Nile Valley →	hasMajorArchaeologicalSite
Luxor ("Theban Necropolis") →	hasWestBankArea
Luxor →	knownFor
Valley of the Queens →	locatedNear
New Kingdom of Egypt →	majorMortuaryComplex
Pharaonic Egypt →	majorSite
Luxor International Airport →	nearbyAttraction
Thebes (Egypt) →	nearbySite