Many of the great rulers of Egypt including Ramses II, Amenhotep III, and Queen Tiy, were burried in the valley
The tomb of King Tutankhomon , opened in
in 1922 was the first tomb archaecologists found that had not been robbed.
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| Valley of theKings was the burial site of many of the Egyptian pharaohs this valley was a rocky wasteland on the western side of the Nile River across from the ancient capital of Thebes Many of the great rulers of Egypt including Ramses II, Amenhotep III, and Queen Tiy, were burried in the valley The tomb of King Tutankhomon , opened in in 1922 was the first tomb archaecologists found that had not been robbed. |
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