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Tombs of the nobles

Tombs of the Nobles

The Valley of the Queens, as named by Champollion, is located to the southwest of the Valley of the Kings and is where numerous royal wives and children are buried. Even though it was utilized as a cemetery as early as the 18th Dynasty, it wasn’t until the reign of 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses I that royal women began to be buried here.

Colossi of Memnon

Colossi of Memnon

The Valley of the Queens, as named by Champollion, is located to the southwest of the Valley of the Kings and is where numerous royal wives and children are buried. Even though it was utilized as a cemetery as early as the 18th Dynasty, it wasn’t until the reign of 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses I that royal women began to be buried here.

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