Still The Valley of the Queens, in the south of Egypt in the city of Luxor on the western bank of the Nile River, is the necropolis where they buried the queens wives of the pharaohs, the princes and princesses and the mothers of the kings during the New Empire and especially the XVIII, XIX and XX dynasties. Tombs in the Valley are similar to the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, all the tombs decorated with paintings in bright colors seem to have been painted yesterday, all the tombs dug in the rock of the limestone mountains in Luxor. The necropolis was known in ancient Egyptian times as "Ta Set Neferu" the site of beauty, but in Arabic Biban El Hareem, Harem gates.
Of the most beautiful tombs in the Valley is the tomb of Nefertary, favorite wife of Ramses II, the most beautiful of all the Valley , the paintings on the walls of the tomb very well preserved, depicting Nefertari making offerings to the Egyptian goddesses.
Indeed The tomb of the child prince, son of Ramses III, Amen Hor Khepesh Ef, is very well preserved, the colors super well, the tomb is decorated in paintings of the son of the pharaoh accompanied by his father pharaoh and presents his son to the gods of the afterlife.
Finally, there are 98 tombs in the Valley of the Queens between tombs and wells, of the tombs of the Valley the tomb of Prince Ramses son of Pharaoh Ramses III, Jaemwaset son of Ramses III, Sitra wife of Ramses I, Nebet Tawy daughter wife of Ramses II, Merit Amon daughter wife of Ramses II, Titi daughter wife of Ramses III, Dua Tentopet daughter of Ramses III and wife of Ramses IV and Tuya the mother of Ramses II and wife of Seti I. The valley is classified as world heritage by UNESCO.
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