Valley of the Kings

American  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

More than a century after Howard Carter made perhaps the most spectacular archaeological find of all time in the Valley of the Kings outside of Ancient Thebes, the entire trove of the boy king is on display here for the very first time.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The full collection is in one place for the first time since British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the famed pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in 1922.

From Barron's

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the famous Valley of the Kings burial site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its discovery helps researchers pinpoint when ancient Egyptians began burying their royals in the Valley of the Kings—after Thutmose II’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal