Valley of the Kings - Luxor West Bank

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The Valley of the Kings is dominated by the peak of el-Qurn, known to the ancients as Ta Dehent ("the peak") and sacred to Hathor. It's pyramidal structure must have struck a chord when the Egyptians were looking for a new site for a necropolis.

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