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  2. Valley of the Kings - Wikipedia

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    Location within Egypt. 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] It is a ...

  3. New Kingdom of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    e. The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC. This period of ancient Egyptian history covers the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties. Through radiocarbon dating, the establishment of the New Kingdom has been placed between 1570 BC and ...

  4. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptians put green stone scarab beetles into the coffins of important people, along with the mummified bodies. Late New Kingdom or Third Intermediate Period (c. 12th century-8th century BCE) At the end of the Middle Kingdom, new object types were introduced into burials, such as the first shabtis and the first heart scarabs ...

  5. Deir el-Medina - Wikipedia

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    Egypt. Deir el-Medina (Egyptian Arabic: دير المدينة), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BCE). [1] The settlement's ancient name was Set maat ...

  6. Tomb of Tutankhamun - Wikipedia

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    Tomb of Tutankhamun. tombs found in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb of Tutankhamun, also known by its tomb number, KV62, is the burial place of Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC), a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor.

  7. Mastaba - Wikipedia

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    Example of a mastaba, the Mastabat al-Fir'aun of Shepseskaf. A mastaba (/ ˈ m æ s t ə b ə / MASS-tə-bə, [1] / ˈ m ɑː s t ɑː b ɑː / MAHSS-tah-bah or / m ɑː ˈ s t ɑː b ɑː / mahss-TAH-bah), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks or limestone.

  8. Elkab - Wikipedia

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    UTC+2 (EST) Eileithuia / el-Kab. Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language (Coptic: ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ enkhab, Late Coptic: [ənˈkɑb]), a name that refers ...

  9. Nekhen - Wikipedia

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    An ancient Nekhen tomb painting in plaster with barques, staffs, goddesses, and animals - possibly the earliest example of an Egyptian tomb mural. Other discoveries at Nekhen include Tomb 100, the oldest known tomb with a mural painted on its plaster walls. The sepulchre is thought to date to the Gerzeh culture (c. 3500–3200 BC).