Valley of the Kings
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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
View of the central East Valley, showing the area around KV62.
Panorama of the valley, looking north
The "Sepulchres of the Kings of Thebes", Richard Pococke, 1743
Al-Qurn dominates the valley.
Ramesses II
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Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramesses II is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh o
Valley of the Kings
…tombs and chambers, ranging in size from the simple pit that is KV54 to the complex tomb that is KV5, which alone has over 120 chambers for the sons of Ramesses II. It was the principal burial place for the New Kingdom's major royal figures as well as a number of privileged nobles. The royal tombs are decorated…
The Younger Memnon (c. 1250 BC), a statue depicting Ramesses II, from the Ramesseum in Luxor (Thebes). Currently on display at the British Museum in London.
Ramesses II as a child embraced by Hauron (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)
A relief from Karnak showing Ramesses II giving offerings to his deified father Seti I, Great Hypostyle Hall
Color reproduction of the relief depicting Ramesses II storming the Hittite fortress of Dapur