Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Deir el-Bahri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt.
Deir el-Medina
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Deir el-Medina, or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the…
Valley of the Queens
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The Valley of the Queens is a site in Egypt, where the wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient times.
Localities in the Area
El-Assasif
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt.
Valley of the Kings
- Type: Scree
- Description: necropolis in ancient Egypt
- Categories: valley, necropolis, archaeological site, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site and landform
- Location: Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Upper Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.7402° or 25° 44' 25" northLongitude
32.6019° or 32° 36' 7" eastOpen Location Code
7GQJPJR2+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 115773400OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap Feature
natural=screeOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q133423Valley of the Kings Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Vallei van die Konings
- Albanian: Lugina e Mbretërve
- Arabic: Siong han mga Hadi
- Arabic: وادي الملوك
- Armenian: Արքաների հովիտ
- Asturian: Valle de los Reis
- Azerbaijani: Krallar vadisi
- Bashkir: Батшалар үҙәне
- Basque: Erregeen harana
- Belarusian: Даліна Каралёў
- Belarusian: Даліна Цароў
- Bengali: রাজাদের উপত্যকা
- Bosnian: Dolina kraljeva
- Breton: Traoñienn ar Rouaned
- Bulgarian: Долина на царете
- Bulgarian: Долината на Царете
- Catalan: Vall dels Reis
- Chinese: 国王谷
- Chinese: 國王谷
- Chinese: 帝王谷
- Chinese: 帝王谷陵墓群
- Chinese: 王谷
- Chinese: 王陵谷
- Croatian: Dolina kraljeva
- Czech: Údolí králů
- Danish: Kongernes Dal
- Danish: Wadi el-Muluk
- Danish: Wadi el Muluk
- Dutch: Dal der Koningen
- Dutch: Koningsvallei
- Dutch: Vallei der Koningen
- Dutch: Vallei van de Koningen
- Dutch: Valley of the kings
- Egyptian Arabic: وادى الملوك
- Esperanto: Valo de la Reĝoj
- Estonian: Kuningate org
- Finnish: Kuninkaiden laakso
- French: Vallée des Rois
- French: Vallée des rois
- French: vallée des Rois
- Galician: Val dos Reis
- German: Tal der Könige
- German: Tal der Pharaonen
- Greek: Κοιλάδα των Βασιλέων
- Hausa: Valley of the Kings
- Hebrew: עמק המלכים
- Hindi: राजाओं की घाटी
- Hungarian: Királyok völgye
- Igbo: Bab el-molok
- Igbo: Bab el-molouk
- Igbo: Ndagwurugwu ndị eze
- Indonesian: Lembah Para Raja
- Indonesian: Lembah Raja-Raja
- Irish: Gleann na Ríthe
- Italian: Valle dei Re
- Japanese: 王家の谷
- Korean: 왕가의 계곡
- Korean: 왕가의 골짜기
- Korean: 왕들의 계곡
- Latin: Valles Regum
- Latvian: Valdnieku ieleja
- Lithuanian: Karalių slėnis
- Luxembourgish: Dall vun de Kinneken
- Macedonian: Долина на кралевите
- Malagasy: Lohasahan'ny Mpanjaka
- Malagasy: Lohasahan' ny Mpanjaka
- Malay: Lembah Para Raja
- Malay: لمبه ڤارا راج
- Malayalam: രാജാക്കന്മാരുടെ താഴ്വര
- Norwegian: Kongenes dal
- Norwegian Bokmål: Faraoenes dal
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kongenes dal
- Norwegian Bokmål: Wadi el-Muluk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Konganes Dal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongedalen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongenes dal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Wabi Biban el-Moluk
- Occitan (post 1500): Vath deus Reis
- Persian: درهٔ پادشاهان
- Persian: دره پادشاهان
- Persian: دره ی پادشاهان
- Persian: درهی پادشاهان
- Polish: Dolina Królów
- Portuguese: Vale dos Reis
- Romanian: Valea Regilor
- Russian: Долина Царей
- Scots: Valley o the Keengs
- Serbian: Dolina kraljeva
- Serbian: Долина Краљева
- Serbian: Долина краљева
- Serbo-Croatian: Dolina kraljeva
- Slovak: Údolie kráľov
- Slovenian: Dolina kraljev
- Somali: Dooxada Boqortooyada
- Spanish: Tumbas reales que faltan en el Valle de los Reyes
- Spanish: Valle de los Reyes
- Spanish: Valle de los reyes
- Swahili: Bonde la Wafalme
- Swedish: Konungarnas dal
- Swiss German: Daal vo de König
- Tagalog: Lambak ng mga Hari
- Tagalog: Valley of the Kings
- Tamil: மன்னர்களின் சமவெளி
- Thai: The Valley of the Kings
- Thai: Valley of the Kings
- Thai: หุบเขากษัตริย์
- Tosk Albanian: Tal der Könige
- Turkish: Firavunlar vadisi
- Turkish: Krallar Vadisi
- Ukrainian: Долина царів
- Urdu: وادی ملوک
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng các Vua
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng các vị Vua
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng các ông hoàng
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng của các vị vua
- Waray (Philippines): Siong han mga Hadi
- Welsh: Dyffryn y Brenhinoedd
- Wu Chinese: 帝王谷
- Yiddish: טאָל פֿון די מלכים
- Yiddish: טאל פון די מלכים
- Yoruba: Valley of the Kings
- Yoruba: Ìfonífojì àwọn Ọba
- Yue Chinese: 國王谷
- Valley of Kings
- Wadi al Muluk
- Долина Царів
Other Places Named Valley of the Kings
In the Area
- Al QurnaVillage
- Al Baairat VillageVillage, 3½ km south
- Ezbet Abu HabashiVillage, 5 km east
- Al Aqaltah VillageVillage, 5 km south
- Izbat al Hajjah DuwahVillage, 5 km southeast
- Nagaa Al TinaVillage, 6 km east
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