Upper Egypt
Luxor Governorate
Luxor

Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.
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  • Type: Scree
  • Description: necropolis in ancient Egypt
  • Also known as: “Valley of the Gates of the Kings” and “Wadi al Muluk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Deir el-Bahri and Ramesseum.

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Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of , Egypt. This is a part of the .

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The is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the in , on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of .

Cemetery
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The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

Valley of the Kings

Latitude
25.7403° or 25° 44′ 25″ north
Longitude
32.6014° or 32° 36′ 5″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJR2+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 115773400
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historic=­archaeological_site
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landuse=­cemetery
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natural=­scree
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q133423
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Valley of the Kings” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vallei van die Konings”
  • Albanian: “Lugina e Mbretërve”
  • Arabic: “وادي الملوك”
  • Armenian: “Արքաների հովիտ”
  • Asturian: “Valle de los Reis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Krallar vadisi”
  • Bashkir: “Батшалар үҙәне”
  • Basque: “Erregeen harana”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Каралёў”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Цароў”
  • Bengali: “রাজাদের উপত্যকা”
  • Bosnian: “Dolina kraljeva”
  • Breton: “Traoñienn ar Rouaned”
  • Bulgarian: “Долина на царете”
  • Bulgarian: “Долината на Царете”
  • Catalan: “Vall dels Reis”
  • Chinese: “国王谷”
  • Chinese: “國王谷”
  • Chinese: “帝王谷”
  • Chinese: “帝王谷陵墓群”
  • Chinese: “王谷”
  • Chinese: “王陵谷”
  • Croatian: “Dolina kraljeva”
  • Czech: “Údolí králů”
  • Danish: “Kongernes Dal”
  • Danish: “Wadi el Muluk”
  • Danish: “Wadi el-Muluk”
  • Dutch: “Dal der Koningen”
  • Dutch: “Koningsvallei”
  • Dutch: “Vallei der Koningen”
  • Dutch: “Vallei van de Koningen”
  • Dutch: “Valley of the kings”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى الملوك”
  • Esperanto: “Valo de la Reĝoj”
  • Estonian: “Kuningate org”
  • Finnish: “Kuninkaiden laakso”
  • French: “vallée des Rois”
  • French: “Vallée des rois”
  • French: “Vallée des Rois”
  • Galician: “Val dos Reis”
  • German: “Tal der Könige”
  • German: “Tal der Pharaonen”
  • Greek: “Κοιλάδα των Βασιλέων”
  • Haitian: “Vale Wa yo”
  • Hausa: “Valley of the Kings”
  • Hebrew: “עמק המלכים”
  • Hindi: “राजाओं की घाटी”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye”
  • Igbo: “Bab el-molok”
  • Igbo: “Bab el-molouk”
  • Igbo: “Ndagwurugwu ndị eze”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Para Raja”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Raja-Raja”
  • Irish: “Gleann na Ríthe”
  • Italian: “Valle dei Re”
  • Japanese: “王家の谷”
  • Korean: “왕가의 계곡”
  • Korean: “왕가의 골짜기”
  • Korean: “왕들의 계곡”
  • Latin: “Valles Regum”
  • Latvian: “Valdnieku ieleja”
  • Lithuanian: “Karalių slėnis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Dall vun de Kinneken”
  • Macedonian: “Долина на кралевите”
  • Malagasy: “Lohasahan’ ny Mpanjaka”
  • Malagasy: “Lohasahan’ny Mpanjaka”
  • Malay: “Lembah Para Raja”
  • Malay: “لمبه ڤارا راج”
  • Malayalam: “രാജാക്കന്മാരുടെ താഴ്വര”
  • Manx: “Glion ny Reeghyn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Faraoenes dal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongenes dal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadi el-Muluk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Konganes Dal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kongedalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kongenes dal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wabi Biban el-Moluk”
  • Norwegian: “Kongenes dal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vath deus Reis”
  • Persian: “دره پادشاهان”
  • Persian: “درهٔ پادشاهان”
  • Persian: “دره ی پادشاهان”
  • Persian: “دره‌ی پادشاهان”
  • Polish: “Dolina Królów”
  • Portuguese: “Vale dos Reis”
  • Romanian: “Valea Regilor”
  • Russian: “Долина Царей”
  • Scots: “Valley o the Keengs”
  • Serbian: “Dolina kraljeva”
  • Serbian: “Долина краљева”
  • Serbian: “Долина Краљева”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dolina kraljeva”
  • Slovak: “Údolie kráľov”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina kraljev”
  • Somali: “Dooxada Boqortooyada”
  • Spanish: “Tumbas reales que faltan en el Valle de los Reyes”
  • Spanish: “Valle de los reyes”
  • Spanish: “Valle de los Reyes”
  • Swahili: “Bonde la Wafalme”
  • Swedish: “Konungarnas dal”
  • Swiss German: “Daal vo de König”
  • Tagalog: “Lambak ng mga Hari”
  • Tagalog: “Valley of the Kings”
  • Tamil: “மன்னர்களின் சமவெளி”
  • Thai: “The Valley of the Kings”
  • Thai: “Valley of the Kings”
  • Thai: “หุบเขากษัตริย์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Tal der Könige”
  • Turkish: “Firavunlar vadisi”
  • Turkish: “Krallar Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина царів”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Царів”
  • Urdu: “وادی ملوک”
  • Uzbek: “Shohlar Vodiysi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng các ông hoàng”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng các vị Vua”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng các Vua”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng của các vị vua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Siong han mga Hadi”
  • Welsh: “Dyffryn y Brenhinoedd”
  • Wu Chinese: “帝王谷”
  • Yiddish: “טאל פון די מלכים”
  • Yiddish: “טאָל פֿון די מלכים”
  • Yoruba: “Ìfonífojì àwọn Ọba”
  • Yoruba: “Valley of the Kings”
  • Yue Chinese: “國王谷”

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