Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Valley of the Kings 423

rounded by towering walls, with bays and ravines. Both
valleys are separated from Thebes and the Nile by the

Theban massif, a dominating mountain range of the

region.

0 50 100 Meters

0 15 30 Feet

1 Ramesses VII

2 Ramesses IV

3 Ramesses III

4 Ramesses XI

6 Ramesses IX

7 Ramesses II

5 uninscribed and undecorated tomb

8 Merenptah

9 Ramesses VI

10 Amenmesses

11 Ramesses III

12 uninscribed tomb

13 bay

14 Twosret/Sethnakhte

15 Seti II

16 Ramesses I

17 Seti I

18 Ramesses X

19 Montuherkhopeshef

20 Hatshepsut

34 Tuthmosis III

35 Amenhotep II

38 Tuthmosis I

42 Tuthmosis II

43 Tuthmosis IV

46 Yuya and Tuyu

47 Siptah

55 Tiy/Smenkhkaré

57 Horemhab

62 Tut’ankhamun

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