Valley of the Kings
Valley of the KingsA narrow gorge in western Thebes containing the tombs of at least 60 pharaohs of the 18th to 20th dynasties ( c. 1550 – 1050 BC ), beginning with Thutmose I . It was a rich hunting-ground for robbers in antiquity, and of those tombs discovered only that of Tutankhamun had not been plundered.
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