The history of the Pharaohs is a mysterious world that has not revealed much of its details yet, full of secrets and exciting stories, if you are fond of the tales of the ancient Egyptians do not miss the "Valley of the Kings" in Luxor, Upper Egypt is located "Valley of the Kings" on the west bank of the Nile in the face of "Luxor now" In the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes, is divided into the eastern and western valley.
Let us take you on a quick tour of the Valley of the Kings or the Valley of the Biban Kings to learn about the secrets hidden by their tombs.
- Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922, is one of the most famous tombs, where the entire treasures were discovered without any damage, and was associated with the tomb of the "curse of the Pharaohs", on the walls wrote in hieroglyphs "Death will hit the wings of all those who disturb the king." This sentence caused the spread of the myth of the "Curse of the Pharaohs".
Some accounts say that 40 of those who discovered the tomb died for trivial reasons, including the one who financed the trip, Lord Carnarvon, who died from a mosquito bite at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cairo.
- Tomb of the sons of Ramses II
It is the largest tomb of the Valley of the Kings, extending 443.2 meters long, covering an area of 1266.47 square meters, belonging to the sons of Ramses II, dating back to 1825, and found inside the 120 burial chambers and is still in progress.
The cemetery was found to be in very poor condition and has been undergoing conservation and restoration since 1994
- Cemetery of the couple Yuya and Toya
It is a non-royal cemetery belonging to a couple of nobles who lived during the reign of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Yuya and Thuya, the parents of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III and grandparents of Queen Nefertiti. The cemetery was discovered in February 1905 and is one of the richest tombs of the valley, where most of the belongings of the deceased were found in their natural state. .
- Tomb of Amenhotep the Second
More than a dozen royal mummies have been found inside the tomb, and they are Thutmose IV, Amenhotep III, Merenptah, Seti II, Sabtah, Ramses IV, Ramses V, Ramses VI and Mummy unknown to a woman dubbed the "Old Lady", most likely a mummy Queen Tiye, as well as another mummy, are likely to have six niches.
- Tomb of Ramses IV
It is one of the most beautiful tombs of the Valley of the Kings, above the entrance of the tomb highlights the golden disk of the sun, which represents the "god Re" symbol of power, and on the sides of the sun disk we see Isis and Nephthys, and inside it is a large granite sarcophagus, and more than 10 feet in length and width of 7 feet, The height is over 8 feet.
The cemetery includes pharaonic drawings and inscriptions representing the journey of the sun in the underworld.
- Tomb of Seti I
It is the longest and deepest of all the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, stretching for about 137 meters, and all of its 11 rooms have high-quality reliefs, depicting scenes full of funerary texts, discovered in 1817
