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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Valley of the Kings canonical 73
Valley of the Kings numbering system 3
Valley of the Kings tomb system 2

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 ⓘ
Merneptah ⓘ
surface form: Merenptah

Ramesses II ⓘ
Ramesses III ⓘ
Ramesses IV ⓘ
Ramesses IX ⓘ
Ramesses V ⓘ
Ramesses VI ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
Setnakhte ⓘ
Siptah ⓘ
Tausret ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
Tuthmosis I ⓘ
Thutmose IV ⓘ
surface form: 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 Temple Complex ⓘ
surface form: 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 (88)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxor → knownFor → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Luxor → hasPart → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Luxor → hasWestBankArea → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theban Necropolis
Upper Egypt → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt → majorSite → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Egyptians → famousMonumentCulture → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Thebes → nearbySite → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Nile Valley → hasMajorArchaeologicalSite → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt → majorMortuaryComplex → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian art → hasCanonicalExample → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Kings tomb paintings
Thutmose IV → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: tomb of Tutankhamun
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Kings tombs
Ramesses II → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Thutmose III → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Amenhotep II → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
west bank of the Nile → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Pharaoh → buriedIn → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → hasPart → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Valley of the Queens → locatedNear → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
West Bank necropolis → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Luxor International Airport → nearbyAttraction → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Waset → associatedNecropolis → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → near → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Luxor Bridge → locatedNear → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Kings area (across the Nile from Luxor)
Hatshepsut → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Tutankhamun → burialSite → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Tutankhamun → associatedWith → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Ramesses III → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Ramesseum → locatedNear → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Tomb of Horemheb (Saqqara) → laterBurialPlaceOfHoremheb → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Kings (Thebes)
Ancient Egyptian architecture → notableExample → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Kings tombs
Niwt-Imn → nearNecropolis → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Thebai → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
18th Dynasty of Egypt → burialSiteOfRoyalty → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Amenhotep III → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
20th Dynasty of Egypt → associatedWith → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Thebae → hasPart → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Deir el-Bahri → near → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Theban Necropolis → contains → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Seti I → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
5th Earl of Carnarvon → associatedWith → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
subject surface form: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
KV43 → locatedIn → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Tutankhamun funerary mask → discoveredIn → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
HSAS → performedSong → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Menkheperure Thutmose → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Merneptah → burialPlace → Valley of the Kings ⓘ
KV7 → locatedIn → Valley of the Kings ⓘ