Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings is a valley on the western bank of the River Nile near Thebes in Egypt, the Rift Valley which an area of ​​approximately 20,000 square meters 27 graves royal belonging to three families of an Egyptian family of eighteen and the Egyptian family-ninth century and the Egyptian family twenty was discovered reduce this Today
The Valley of the Kings place for the burial of the kings of Egypt throughout the period of the modern state there for 62 cemetery, 26 of the tomb of the kings and the rest of senior officials and some members of royal families and priests have been called by the Egyptians on the valley the name of the cemetery the great high place, which is used for millions of years of the reign of the pharaohs.
Has been chosen this valley specifically for several reasons easy access from the valley of the Nile as it facilitates the guard surrounded by high hills in addition to the quality of the limestone that makes up its mountains, as well as the presence of the mountain, which rises to the south in the form of the century and which is a pyramid naturally, a form in which it is associated when Egyptian sun god "the god Ra. "