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Valley of the Queens
Valley of the Queens
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Valley of the Queens
Valley of the Queens is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, The Place of Beauty. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis.
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Country: Egypt
District: New Valley Governorate
Category: Tombs and Necropolises
Site History: Second Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Egyptians
Later Cultures: Ancient Egyptians
Site Features: Ancient Egyptian Monuments
World Heritage Site
Part of: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Date of Inscription: 1979
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