This large necropolis, near Luxor, contains more than 60 tombs of pharaohs and nobles from the New Kingdom, one of the most prosperous periods in the history of ancient Egypt.
 
Among the finds are the chambers of Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses II. It even has an analogue for the wives and relatives of the pharaohs, called the Valley of the Queens.

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The Valley of the Kings is a royal site near Thebes (present-day Luxor), where the pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom (1539-1075 BC) are buried.

It has 63 known rock-cut tombs spread over two valleys called the Valley of the East and the Valley of the West.

The site was made famous by the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922 and remains an important archaeological site for Egyptologists.