Valley of the Kings

American

noun

a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.

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For 15 years, Carter labored in the Valley of the Kings on the banks of the Nile opposite modern-day Luxor, seeking a pharaoh’s tomb that hadn’t been robbed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He was mummified and buried in Luxor's Valley of the Kings inside three nested coffins, the smallest weighing 110kg, all placed within four gilded shrines like matryoshka dolls.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Researchers had thought the burial chambers of the 18th dynasty pharaohs were on the other end of the mountain, near the Valley of the Kings.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Thebes also had special importance for the New Kingdom pharaohs as the state’s religious capital and the favored royal burial place, commonly called the Valley of the Kings.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

From what I saw in the Valley of the Kings, the Egyptians seem to have known this some time ago.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

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