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[[File:Valley of the Kings.jpg|thumb|right| | [[File:Valley of the Kings.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Valley of the Kings in Egypt, on Earth]] | ||
The [[Valley of the Kings]] (Arabic: Wādī al-Mulūk, less often Wādī Bībān al-Mulūk; "Valley of the Gates of the Kings") is a valley in [[Egypt]] where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs situated) and West Valley. | The [[Valley of the Kings]] (Arabic: Wādī al-Mulūk, less often Wādī Bībān al-Mulūk; "Valley of the Gates of the Kings") is a valley in [[Egypt]] where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs situated) and West Valley. |