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The Valley of the Queens (Egyptian Arabic: وادى الملكات Wādī al-Malekāt) is a site in Egypt, in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high-ranking officials were buried. Pharaohs themselves were buried in the Valley of the Kings .
The following tombs are located in the Valley of the Three Pits, and the Valley of the Rope. Both of these valleys lie north of the main valley, and are associated with the Valley of the Queens. QV92, 93, and 97 are located in the latter of these two, while the former contains the rest.
The Valley of the Kings, [a] also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, [b] [2] is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. [3] [4]
QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens.It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin) in 1904.
Articles relating to the Valley of the Queens, a site in Egypt, where the wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient times. Pages in category "Valley of the Queens" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
This is a list of ancient Egyptian sites, throughout Egypt and Nubia. Sites are listed by their classical name whenever possible, if not by their modern name, and lastly with their ancient name if no other is available.
QV80 is the tomb of (Mut-)Tuya, the Great Royal Wife of Seti I, and the mother of Ramses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. [1] Lepsius merely makes mention of this tomb. In his list this is tomb number 7. [2] The tomb is listed as unnumbered in Porter and Moss.
KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while he was working in the Valley for Theodore M. Davis.It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, who moved the capital to Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna).