Thebes, Valley of the Kings, finds in the Petrie Museum
(22°45' N 32°36'E)
The kings of the New Kingdom (about 1550-1069 BC) were buried in the 'Valley of the Kings', a desert valley west of Thebes, with some in a still more remote side-branch known as the West Valley. The burial chambers and approach corridors and halls were all carved out of the rock. Most of these tombs were emptied of their burial goods in remote antiquity (exception: Tutankhamun). Petrie did not excavate in the Valley, and the Petrie Museum therefore has few objects from these tombs: even the royal shabtis may come from other places than the royal tomb.
(click on the images for a larger picture)
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Fragment from the wrappings
of the mummy of king Thutmose II
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Valley of the Kings 35
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West Valley 22
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Valley of the Kings 17
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Valley of the Kings 2
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UC 55044
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UC 38071
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UC 39715
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UC 30214
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UC 38073
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There is a vast bibliography on the Valley of the Kings and on the individual
tombs it contains. As an introduction Hornung
1990a is very useful. A detailed map is provided by Weeks
2000.