The Valley of the Kings is an immense necropolis cut from the very rock of the desert, built to serve as the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

For almost 500 years, between 1150 BC and 1070 BC, this site was used as the final resting place of famous Egyptian rulers such as Hatshepsut, several pharaohs of the Ramses line, and Tutankhamen. The journey to the Valley of the Kings is a long and hot one, and the tombs are often open to the public on a rotating basis so that others can be restored, as centuries of flooding, erosion, and looting have damaged them quite badly. But a visit to the Valley of the Kings is nonetheless impressive, and a walk along these dark and ancient corridors is one that is not to be missed.

Valley of the Kings, Luxor, New Valley Governorate, Egypt

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