Kings of the West

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Stratigraphy of the valley

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The "Sepulchres of the Kings of Thebes", Richard Pococke, 1743

Al-Qurn dominates the valley.

1820: Belzoni's Valley of the Kings

1830: John Gardner Wilkinson's numbering system for the tombs, which remains in use today

Entrance to a royal tomb, drawn in 1821

Entrance to Horemheb's tomb, soon after its discovery in 1908

View of the central East Valley, showing the area around the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun at the time of discovery in 1922.

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Detail of decoration from KV2

Pillar in Seti I's tomb

Typical "Bent axis" early Eighteenth Dynasty tomb

Typical "Jogged axis" post-Amarna tomb

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The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
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