Valley of the Kings
Americannoun
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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
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
In 1937, the 23-year-old received a three-month study grant that allowed her to travel to the Valley of the Kings, where she met one of her heroes, the distinguished French Egyptologist Bernard Bruyere.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
Bound for the Valley of the Kings, the House of Hatasu, and the Colossi of Memnon, it seemed a fitting overture.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
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