Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...

The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor. During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ...

Thebes rose to prominence around 2040 BCE ... This City of the Dead includes the famed Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, with some of the most distinguished tombs belonging to King ...

East of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings are the tombs of the officials, courtiers, and even workmen who once served the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. People are always eager to hear more ...

See the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens ... pilots offer to take tourists to memorable new heights over ancient ...

A newly discovered burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings provides a rare glimpse into the life of an ancient Egyptian singer On January 25, 2011, tens of thousands of protestors flooded Cairo ...

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission discovered Thutmose II's tomb in the mount of Thebes area, west of Luxor and the renowned Valley of the Kings. The team and the Egyptian Ministry of ...

Tutankhamun's tomb is in the Valley of the Kings just northwest of the modern Egyptian city of Luxor, itself built on the ruins of the city of Thebes on the Nile River. Thebes was a capital city ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh at Luxor, which is built on the ancient city of Thebes — the ... which includes the Valley of the Kings, since that year.

As Kathleen Sheppard explains in “Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age,” this “change-of-air cure” was popular among the British elite.

As its name suggests, the Valley of the Kings is where dozens of pharaohs were laid to rest. In fact, you'll find 63 royal tombs here, including notable pharaohs like Tutankhamun (or King Tut), Ay ...