The valley of the Queens | Luxor Visit It Now!

The Valley of the Queens is the burial place of the queens in ancient Egypt. It was known in ancient times as “Ta – Set – Nefru,” meaning “Place of the Sons of the Pharaoh” or “Place of Beauty”; because in this place, the queens of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties (from 1550 to 1070 BC) were buried, in addition to many princes and princesses and several members of the nobility.The valley contains the tombs of both the favorite wife of King Ramses II, Queen Nefertari, and the wife of King Ramses III, Queen Tiye, as well as the sons of Ramses III, the Princes Khaemwese and Amonhirkhopsef.