Valley of the Queens

The Valley of the Queens is a site in , in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high-ranking officials were buried from roughly 1560 BC to 1130 BC.
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  • Description: ancient Egyptian necropolis

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Nefertari-Merymut tomb.
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The is an archaeological…
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QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife…
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QV60 is the tomb of Nebettawy, the daughter and Great…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . is situated 2½ km east of Valley of the Queens.
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is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Valley of the Queens.
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is a city in .

Valley of the Queens

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Latitude
25.7277° or 25° 43′ 40″ north
Longitude
32.59289° or 32° 35′ 34″ east
Open location code
7GQJPHHV+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 115780893
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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landuse=­cemetery
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natural=­scree
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q260386

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Valley of the Queens” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vallei van die Koninginne”
  • Albanian: “Lugina e Mbretëreshave”
  • Arabic: “وادي الملكات”
  • Armenian: “Կայսրուհիների հովիտ”
  • Asturian: “Valle de les Reines”
  • Basque: “Erreginen Harana”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Царыц”
  • Breton: “Traoñienn ar Rouanezed”
  • Bulgarian: “Долина на цариците”
  • Catalan: “Vall de les Reines”
  • Chinese: “王后谷”
  • Croatian: “Dolina kraljica”
  • Czech: “Údolí královen”
  • Danish: “Dronningernes dal”
  • Dutch: “Vallei der Koninginnen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى الملكات”
  • Finnish: “Kuningattarien laakso”
  • French: “Vallée des reines”
  • Galician: “Val das Raíñas”
  • German: “Tal der Königinnen”
  • Greek: “Κοιλάδα των Βασιλισσών”
  • Hebrew: “עמק המלכות”
  • Hindi: “रानियों की घाटी”
  • Hungarian: “Királynék völgye”
  • Igbo: “Ndagwurugwu ndị eze nwanyị”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Para Ratu”
  • Italian: “Valle delle Regine”
  • Japanese: “王妃の谷”
  • Korean: “왕비의 계곡”
  • Lithuanian: “Karalienių slėnis”
  • Malay: “Lembah Ratu-ratu”
  • Persian: “دره شهبانوان”
  • Persian: “دره ملکه‌ها”
  • Polish: “Dolina Grobowców Królowych”
  • Polish: “Dolina Królowych”
  • Portuguese: “Vale das Rainhas”
  • Russian: “Долина Цариц”
  • Serbian: “Dolina kraljica”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dolina kraljica”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina kraljic”
  • Spanish: “Valle de las Reinas”
  • Swedish: “Drottningarnas dal”
  • Tamil: “அரசிகளின் சமவெளி”
  • Tamil: “ராணிகளின் சமவெளி”
  • Turkish: “Kraliçeler Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Цариць”
  • Urdu: “وادی ملکہات”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng các Hoàng hậu”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Queen Merytamen tomb and QV21.

Nearby Places

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