Valley of Egyptian kings

Located on the east bank of the Nile, the king valley is the resting place of many of the most famous pharaohs in Egyptian history.

Mysterious waiting in the Valley of Egyptian kings

The burial place of the emperors

The pharaoh valley is located on the west bank of the Nile , opposite Luxor city ​​on the east bank.

In Arabic, Luxor is called al-Uqsur. It was built on the ruins of Thebes - the capital of ancient Egypt. The city has Karnak, the largest temple complex in Egypt with an area of ​​120 hectares with many stone columns, stone statues and square pinnacles. Karnak temple complex was built by about 30 pharaohs.

The Egyptians built giant monuments for Pharaoh and created treasures underground, buried with Pharaoh's soul and body without ever having the intention of letting others admire. In about 500 years (from 1539 - 1075 BC), the Valley of the Kings became burial places for the royal family : Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses II; the queens; High-ranking officials and priests with supremacy belong to the reigns 18, 19, 20.

After archaeologists found King Tut's tomb in 1922, Luxor and the surrounding area became one of the most tourist attractions in Egypt. Today the city's economy still depends heavily on tourism.

Valley of the Kings - a place that contains many mysteries of the world about ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.

The royal tombs are adorned with drawings depicting historical and mythological scenes, telling us the clues about beliefs and funeral rites of ancient Egypt. Although all the tombs were almost open and stolen, they still showed the wealth and power of the rulers at that time.

Tomb of Twosret and Setnakht.

New findings in 2006 and 2008 show that there are 63 tombs including many rooms. The size of the tombs is different and the widest tomb is found to have up to 120 rooms. The tombs are proof of ancient Egyptian beliefs in preparing Pharaohs to another world - where humans continue new life and Pharaohs become gods. That's why the Egyptians used advanced mummification techniques and surprised the world: they wanted to protect the bodies of the deceased so that the soul could live forever in the afterlife.

Decorate colored drawings on the wall.

The tombs are deep underground, ornately decorated and gorgeous, containing all the wealth, treasures for the ruler to use in the next world, from furniture, food to clothing and both underwear.

The mystery is waiting .

Tomb robbers, treasure thieves and archaeologists have come to the Valley of the Kings for centuries but this tomb area always gives them a lot of surprises. Here, the ancients have buried the mysteries of the era that may not be discovered by humans today.

Wall decorations in the tomb.

Before the people of today knew and excavated the tombs here, in 57 BC, Diodorus Siculus - a Greek historian wrote about the tombs in the Valley of the Kings in the book. Discover and History. The tombs were also visited by the Greeks and Romans and left on the walls in Greek and Latin, but today we can still see them.

Diagram of 63 tombs in the valley.

Many thought that the 63 tombs discovered before 1922 were all found in the Valley of the Kings until archaeologist Howard Carter and his colleagues found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

There is a sequence number system for tombs found in the Valley of Kings by Egyptian researcher John Gardiner Wilkinson (1797-1875). The names of all the tombs are marked and the number of positions is as: KV is the Pharaoh's valley; QV is Nerfertari's tomb in the queen's valley; WV is the tomb of the Pharaoh Ay in the western valley; TT is a tomb with many branches .

Pillar in the tomb Pharaoh Seti I.

Decorative pictures in KV34.

In 2005, a team led by archaeologist Otto Schaden discovered in the valley an additional tomb, named KV3 , 15 meters wide and surrounded by walls, thought to be another burial place of King Tutankhamun. KV3 has no mummies, but has a sarcophagus, pottery, linen, flowers and other materials. Some believe that the presence of King Tutankhamun's tomb has yet to really appear and the mystery of Pharaohs is still waiting for the date to be found.

Stone casket of Pharaoh Merenptah in KV8.

The Tomb of Pharaoh Ramses III at KV11.

The tomb of Pharaoh Ramses IX at KV6.