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Queens, Valley of the (burial site) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 25 43 39 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.7270 decimal degrees |
Long: 032 35 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.5920 decimal degrees |
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Note: Gorge in hills of western Thebes in Upper Egypt; queens & some royal princes of 19th & 20th dynasties (1292-1075 BCE) are buried here; noted for decorated tombs, unlike burial places of queens of 18th dynasty. |
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Bibân el-Harîm (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Bībān el-Ḥarīm (C,V)
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Bībān al-Ḥarīm (C,V)
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Tombs of the Queens (C,V)
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Valley of the Queens (C,V)
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Queens, Valley of the (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Queens, Tombs of the (NA,V)
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burial site (preferred, C) |
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gorge (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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tomb(s) (C) |
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