Valley of the Kings

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a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.

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The Anglo-Saxon ship burial site at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, is widely considered to be England's "Valley of the Kings".

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Researchers had thought the burial chambers of the 18th dynasty pharaohs were on the other end of the mountain, near the Valley of the Kings.

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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.

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Egypt has restored, documented and opened to tourists the Middle Kingdom tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings.

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Luxor hosts a number of older Pharaonic ruins as well, including the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.

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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes valley of the shadow of death

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