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 (tomb of Seti I)
linked to: KV17

KV34 (tomb of Thutmose III)
linked to: KV34

KV35 (tomb of Amenhotep II)
linked to: KV35

KV62 (tomb of Tutankhamun)
linked to: tomb of Tutankhamun

KV7 (tomb of Ramesses II)
linked to: 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
locatedNear Nile River
linked to: Nile
locatedOpposite modern city of Luxor
linked to: 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