King Tut & the Valley of the Kings

Luxor, Egypt (EG)

The official name for the site was The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes, or more usually, Ta-sekhet-ma'at (the Great Field).

King Tut & the Valley of the Kings

Luxor, Egypt (EG)

The map is centered on Tutankhamen's tomb. Hundreds more tombs surround the area.

The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt.

The official name for the site was The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes, or more usually, Ta-sekhet-ma'at (the Great Field).

Cemeteries, Ancient
Links: en.wikipedia.org, whc.unesco.org
By: kjfitz