Specific myths data .

1. Chapter 11 - The Valley By Night
Danny takes a route over the hills
around Deir el Bahri to get to the
Valley of the Kings. I took this
route myself when I visited Egypt
(although not at night!) Here are
some pics:
The view of the Nile valley from
above Deir el Bahri

2. Looking down on the
temple
Looking down into the Valley of the
Kings

3. The Valley
of the
Kings
In the New
Kingdom
(around
1500BC) the
Egyptians
began
burying their pharaohs in a valley
on the edge of the desert which they
called by various names - The Great
Place, The Great Field, and its full
name, The Great and Majestic
Necropolis of Years of the Pharaoh,
Life, Strength, Health, in the West
of Thebes. The first pharaoh to be
buried here was Hatshepsut's father,
Thutmose I, in what we call KV20.
Hatshepsut herself was eventually
buried there too.
In all 24 pharaohs and various
nobles were buried in the valley -
although more tombs may await

4. discovery, and one was found only
last year (KV63 - and in fact there
may be another one, KV64). The most
famous tomb of course is KV62 –
Tutankhamun's tomb, which had the
most treasure ever found in any tomb
in the world.
The other tombs had all been robbed
in ancient times. Quite a lot of
goodies were found in the tomb of
Thuya and Yuya (KV46), however.
The best
thing
about
the
Valley

5. of the Kings, though, is the
fabulous paintings on the tomb
walls. These have lasted thousands
of years in their glorious bright
colours (although some paintings are
damaged because of visitors' moist
breath).