What is the Valley of the Kings?

The Valley of the Kings is a valley in Egypt; it is in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile across from ancient Thebes (which is now called Luxor). The Valley of the Kings is a burial place for Egyptian royalty and nobility from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties (these took place from the 16th to the 11th centuries BCE). It is a little uncertain what the range of burials is, but scholars believe that it started either with Amenhotep I (who began ruling in 1526 BCE and is less likely) or Thutmose I (who began ruling in 1506 BCE and is a little more likely); it ended with Ramesses X or XI (it is unclear which is the more likely). Although wives and family of the royalty and the nobility were buried in the Valley of the Kings, there was also the Valley of the Queens, where the wives of pharaohs were buried separately.

The Valley of the Kings is regarded as the most famous because it contains the tomb of Tutankhamun (King Tut), which provided the world with a vast amount of his wealth and antiquities, letting us learn even more about the world back then.