Valley of the Kings

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title: Valley of the Kings
text: The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. It is a wadi sitting on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes and within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. There are two main sections: the East Valley, where the majority of the royal tombs are situ
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description: Necropolis in ancient Egypt
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date created: 2003-03-28T18:20:35Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T14:29:32Z
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