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7.1 Denderah and Esna Zodiacs as
Parts of the Gigantic Burial
Complex in the Great Bend of
Nile
Inside of the great bend of the Nile River in Upper Egypt,
is located the Valley of the Kings, also called the Valley of
the Tombs of the Kings, and the Valley of the Queens. It is
surrounded by numerous mortuary temples, and other structures,
which form a gigantic burial complex for almost all
the Egyptian kings (pharaohs), queens, and members of their
families (see Figure 7.1).
Figure 7.1: A fragment of a modern tourist map of Egypt
showing the surroundings of the Valley of the Kings. This
map doesn’t show the real orientation of the temples.
Inside the center of this complex, hidden in inaccessible
valleys surrounded by rocky hills, was located the ancient
Egyptian necropolis, or the “city of the dead” — an area
containing many tombs, including royal tombs. In a lonely
valley in the western hills behind Dayr al-Bahri, the royal
tombs were sunk deep into the heart of the mountain (see Figure
7.2). The long descending corridors leading to the burial
chambers were carved in soft rock. The entrances were well
concealed (see Figures 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5).
In particular, in the Valley of the Kings the famous Tutankhamen’s
tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.
The entrance to this tomb is shown in the center of Figure
7.3.
On the other side of the Nile river, across from the Valley
of the Kings, parallel with the bank of Nile there is a gi-
Figure 7.2: The Valley of the Kings.
Figure 7.3: Entrances to the royal tomb of Ramses VI in the
Valley of the Kings.
Figure 7.4: Descending corridor leading to the burial chamber.