Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties. The official name for the site was 'The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes', or more usually, Ta-sekhet-ma'at (the Great Field).

Miscellanea

• Pets were also buried here. There is a group of three animal tombs.
• The largest tomb, known as KV5, was built for the sons of Ramesses II. It contains 67 burial chambers.
• The tombs have been tourist attraction since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.