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Also Known As Wādī Al-Mulūk • Wādī al-Bībān al-Mulūk

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Valley of the Kings: Tutankhamun's tomb
Kings, Valley of the
Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Tutankhamun's headrest
Journey through Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza
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Egypt
Egypt
Luxor: temple complex
Luxor
Egypt
Karnak, Egypt: temple complex
Karnak
Egypt
Queens, Valley of the
Valley of the Queens
archaeological site, Egypt

Key People

Belzoni, oil painting by W. Brockedon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Italian archaeologist
Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
German Egyptologist
King Tut's discoverer
Howard Carter
British archaeologist

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