The Great Field

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The Great Field is an ancient Egyptian royal burial ground on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, renowned for its rock-cut tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs and nobles.

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The Great Field canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian burial ground ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
approximateEndCenturyOfPrimaryUse 11th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartCenturyOfPrimaryUse 16th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith ancient Egyptian funerary practices ⓘ
ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
burialOf New Kingdom nobles ⓘ
New Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ
contains decorated burial chambers ⓘ
funerary equipment remains ⓘ
rock-cut corridors ⓘ
sarcophagus pits ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus significant ancient Egyptian archaeological landscape ⓘ
culturalPeriod New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy various archaeological missions ⓘ
function necropolis ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf burial chambers ⓘ
funerary art ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
heritageSignificance major site of New Kingdom royal necropolis ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn Luxor ⓘ
locatedOnBankOf west bank of the Nile ⓘ
near the Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
notableFor rock-cut tombs ⓘ
partOf ancient Thebes ⓘ
region Upper Egypt ⓘ
religiousAssociation Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
the Theban triad ⓘ
linked to: Theban Triad
researchField Egyptology ⓘ
terrainFeature desert cliffs ⓘ
rocky hillsides ⓘ
timeOfPrimaryUse New Kingdom period ⓘ
tourism important tourist attraction in Luxor region ⓘ
usedFor elite burials ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ
writingSystemOfInscriptions Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

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

Valley of the Kings → hasAlternativeName → The Great Field ⓘ