Era family

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Era family

Vary the tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty with each other in terms of design , decoration and location , and are designed graves initially without putting designs prior or follow designs graves earlier , which is evident in the interior design unique to the tomb of Hatshepsut ( Cemetery 20) , especially in the corridor bearish twisted for a distance of 200 meters from the entrance to the cemetery Hetta burial chamber , which lies on the surface a distance of 97 meters away , and after this date began the construction of cemeteries in accordance with the design firm and the organization, and is the tombs of Thutmose III and Thutmose IV and two graves cemetery 34 graveyard 43 a perfect example of the tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty , both in terms of design practice system axis curved or decorations simple .
The tomb of Amenhotep III Valley West ( Cemetery 22) over the tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty Excellency at all, has been re-examine this cemetery in the nineties of the last century by a scientific team from Waseda University of Japan , however, this cemetery is not available for the visit so far .
Since the beginning of the era of the Eighteenth Dynasty began to allow burial of the nobility in the graveyard next to the Kings , the most famous tombs of the nobles Valley of the Kings tomb of the couple Yuya and Tiuyo ( Cemetery 46) and hunters who Iatkda to be the parents of Queen Tiye was Mqbernhma is the best tombs of the Valley of the Kings off until the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun .

Amarna era
Notes the existence of a significant change in interior design after the return of the royal tombs back to the good by the end of the era of Amarna , especially with the adoption of design axis Almehrol such as designing Nmozja to the tombs of the kings of this era , which paved the way for the adoption of design -axis straight through the era of the families of the following , have been found on the cemetery is finished in the western valley believed to have been intended for Akhenaten did little more than Gateway and corridor bearish runway , near the cemetery there is the tomb of the news Khbro Ra any successor Tutankhamun is believed that this tomb was the tomb of Tutankhamun in the foundation (it contains the same method of etching the decoration is taken in the cemetery , which was found on the mummy of Tutankhamun inside ) but was raped later to be buried where any of the means that the cemetery cemetery 62 is the tomb of Ay original and then an explanation for the relatively small size and patterns that do not keep pace with the inscriptions of the royal tombs at the time. [ 64 ]
The rest of the tombs of the kings of the Amarna era Vemogodh Central Region , central valley east with the potential to be the cemetery of mummies found the cemetery are 55 other kings of the Amarna era the likes of Timi and Smonkh Ka Ra and Akhenaten .

Inscriptions of the burial chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun .
Near the cemetery mummies this is the tomb of Tutankhamun , which is the largest uncovered archaeologists Westerners in the modern era , which was discovered by Howard Carter in the fourth of November, 1922 and who continued to work in the detection and restoration until 1932 and this was the first royal tombs that are detection and found in good condition and almost complete despite the entry of the tomb raiders it was considered another major discoveries Valley of the Kings until the discovery of the cemetery recent ( cemetery 63) in the tenth of March 2005 , although the small tomb relatively However, the contents of the tomb indicates prosperity witnessed the reign of Tutankhamun, and there may still be other cemeteries contains treasure greater than those won over the tomb of Tutankhamun .

At the same central region , which includes Almkabrtin ; Cemetery 62 Cemetery 63 There is also a chamber 64 or cemetery 64 which is about defects in the layers of the earth the lower detection survey Alradaraa during project planning, a good announcement was discovered in the twenty-eighth of July 2006 on the grounds that the cemetery or burial chamber at the very least , however, the Supreme Council of Antiquities returned to deny any claim for the existence of ancient cemetery in this place.
And near this area there are also the tomb of Horemheb ( Cemetery 57 ), which are rarely allowed visitors to enter , but it includes many of the distinctive features in addition to decoration minute , which represent a transitional stage in the art of decoration of graves between the era of Amarna and the era of Nineteenth Dynasty that followed .

Nineteenth Dynasty
Saw the family graves Nineteenth sort of consistency both in terms of design or inscriptions decorated the walls was the tomb of King Ramses I, the first family graves ninth century , which was constructed in the Valley of the Kings , and the notes wheel in the completion of the design because of the death of the King , The necropolis no more than a conduit bearish etched among the rocks finished chamber for burial However necropolis containing many of the inscriptions vibrant addition to the coffin monarchy, and its average in the mid- valley signifies its importance and the importance of its owner and being one of the most cemeteries that frequency by the visitors after the king's death during religious holidays and celebrations funeral , as is the cemetery Nmozja of the evolution of the design of the entrances to the royal tombs , as well as roads and inscriptions inside.
The tomb of his son and crown prince Seti I ( Cemetery 17) ( also known as the Tomb of Belzoni , as well as the tomb of Apis ) Vtad best tombs of the valley at all to the content of the mural paintings and embossed so that Belzoni himself when he rediscovered the tomb in 1817 declared that this day " the happiest days ... Good ... " .

In turn, the foundations of Ramses the biggest son of Seti I and his successor to the throne of Egypt Cemetery enormous a cemetery 7 but in the case of severe depreciation and are currently subject to keeping operations and restoration carried out by the Egyptian team - a French joint venture led by Christian LeBlanc , and the cemetery was built on an area larger than those constructed by the tomb of his father City first albeit two is almost the same length .

Sarcophagus inside the tomb before Merneptah .
At the same time in which the Ramses the construction of his tomb special ordered to work on the expansion of the cemetery a gentry family of eighteen anonymous ( cemetery 5 ) confrontation of the tomb so as to be the share of his sons , were detected 120 burial chamber inside the cemetery is still a work in progress which so far this is then believed to be the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings at all, and when they are discovered for the first time and found the cemetery is open has stolen all of their contents , as it was prone to flooding sudden they hit the valley between now and then because of the design at a depth of low beneath the surface of the Earth , which led to the accumulation of many sediments which obliterated the cemetery and narrowed the area , and are subject to the rescue and restoration and are not available to visitors so far .
As has been the discovery of the tomb of the eldest son of Ramses II and his successor to the throne of Egypt ; Merneptah , long ago , a cemetery stretches along 160 Mather expire chamber buried found where four coffins overlapping a coffin King Stone and inside three wooden coffins other and the walls of the cemetery topped with decorations nano is open visitors most of the year .
And continued the same design ( design hub Almehrol ) followed until the last king of the family ninth century and who built the tombs similar to those built by their ancestors before, and perhaps the cemetery Saptah best Alnmazj graves late kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty to the content of the trappings of high precision special decorations and patterns on the roof of the tomb .

Twenty family
Was six Nkht the first king of the Twentieth Dynasty have been found him on the graves separate , when is the start of work on the tomb of his son Ramses III first , led the excavation work to penetrate another cemetery and then ordered six Nkht stop work in that cemetery and raped the cemetery for himself a cemetery cemetery 14 Private queen Tosrt last queens nineteenth Dynasty and ordered to complete the work by the creation of a second chamber to become the cemetery to bury it one of the largest royal tombs and the Valley of the Kings extended on an area of over 150 meters .

Tomb of Ramses III .
It is also the tomb of Ramses III ( known as the tomb of guitarists guitarist for the content of the inscriptions of the performers this machine ) is also one of the largest cemeteries in the region and is open to visitors and includes many of the frescoes colored severe beauty which makes this cemetery tourist site always .
Continued sons and successors of Ramses III in the construction of tombs users the same design used ( axle design rectum ) also included cemeteries same inscriptions almost , is the most important tombs that period of time the cemetery Cemetery 2, Ramesses IV and discovered since ancient times has been opened to visitors since long time and they contain many of the inscriptions in hieratic , as it raised the walls of the cemetery many of paintings inspired by the texts of many religious and cemetery and one of the graves new remained in good condition , another cemetery worthwhile is the cemetery 9 a cemetery common Malkin Ramses V and Ramses VI ( also known as the tomb of Memnon ) and characterized by their elaborate and exquisite inspired by religious texts , and the cemetery is the other have been discovered a long time ago and opened its doors to visitors from all over the place , which explains the presence of many of the inscriptions on the walls in various languages Kallionanah old , Latin, Coptic , has led the excavation and the disclosure of the cemetery as well as what the owner of the construction of huts for workers to blur the tomb of Tutankhamun and perhaps this is why keeping the cemetery of early detection and tampered with the contents .

Valley of the Kings tombs secondary
The vast majority of graves sixty-five that were discovered in the Valley of the Kings could be called utter graves secondary to one of two main reasons , namely either the scarcity of information about them and who their friends until the present day , or because the findings have not been recorded adequately by Mcetkhviha indigenous or the lack of attention Btfasilhm and recorded in a hurry in order to search for graves of other characters played a prominent role in history , and the majority of these tombs are small and consist of one room for burial are accessed either through a well up to the surface of the ground or drawer performer corridor bearish or group of passages interlocking eventually reach the burial chamber , and this does not negate the existence of some Menhzh graves larger includes compartments for multi- buried , and it was for these graves many purposes; some are devoted to bury figures ranking property lower and some are designed for special purposes , as some have the remains of animals mummified while others appear completely free and had never buried any living organism before, in addition to the use of these cemeteries for purposes other than which they were designed , which explains find some collectibles relating to such uses, the Alrgmmn discover some of these graves since foot , but the majority have been discovered late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, when they were scouting business in the valley at its most intense .

Rustlers graves
The tombs almost all the looting since ancient times , which was confirmed by many of the papyri that were found , which carries the proceedings of the trials involving thieves graves , due date of the papyri to the era of the Twentieth Dynasty , including papyrus (known as Papyrus Mayer  , which includes a description of the confessions of the accused of stealing cemetery Ramses VI, are likely to be those papyrus was written in the ninth year of the reign of Ramses IX:
Valley of the Kings we Nsamon foreign Llerena place the tomb of King Ramses VI ... and I spent four days in an attempt to overturn the door and accessible , and our presence we are five Active throughout those four days , until we opened the tomb , and we entered ... and we found a cauldron of bronze and three utensils other washing bronze Valley of the Kings
As the tombs of the looting during the civil war unexpressed , which took place during the reign of Ramses IX, which opened the graves and recovered mummies have been stripped of belongings , precious and finally pay them all to Jpantin major ; first in the royal tomb of Amenhotep II , where the payment was Sixteen mummy and the rest in the tomb of Amenhotep I , and during the next few years has been the transfer of all those mummies to the cemetery of Deir el-Bahri , which found more than forty royal mummies in addition to the coffins of their own, [91] were not spared from this tampering only graves that could not be accessed , specifically Tut's tomb Tutankhamun and the tomb of Yuya and Tiuyo cemetery and cemetery 63 newly discovered Although Almcyprta Tutankhamun and Yuya and Tiuyo Aqthamanma have been buried in the wake of their friends shortly . Although not Tsaba any harm .

Tourism
Most of the graves are not available to visitors , there are eighteen cemetery only are all able tourists had rarely be available for the visit at the same time , as the officials to close the cemeteries are subject to repairs and restoration , has resulted in a large number of visitors to the tomb of Tutankhamun to impose fees additional to enter the cemetery , and there is the tomb of only one valley west open to visit a cemetery Ai be charged again for the visit, was also prevented the tour guides accompany tourists inside the cemetery and workshops to explain the parameters of Interior has become Ataaan tourists progress quietly in a row, all this in order to minimize the time spent by visitors inside the cemetery and to prevent crowds from causing any damage in the inscriptions on the walls of the cemetery , was also prevented capture photographs inside.

Estimated number of visitors to the valley east daily between four and five thousand and up to nine thousand in the days that come the Nile cruises to Luxor , The Ministry of Tourism in Egypt on the rise at these rates to twenty-five thousand tourists a day by 2015 , and vary these figures strongly than that of the valley West , who has a cemetery only one open to visitors .

Valley of the Kings and World Cinema
The Valley of the Kings is always a source of inspiration to the producers of the film world , as it contains traces and secrets of ancient Egypt attract the attention of the viewer foreign seeking to learn more about the Pharaonic civilization and see the archaeological sites that did not allow him had before, has American cinema produced two films of adventure films carrying the same name Valley first, the movie " Valley of the Kings " (in English : The Valley of Kings) product in 1954 , while produced the other after this date ten years ago, as was the Valley of the Kings the scene of the events of the American movie " wake up" (in English : The Awakening) product in 1980 , as well as several short dramas , whether the American Oafrench .
This is in addition to the many documentaries that talked about the tombs of the Valley of the Kings , including the limited Speaking on the tomb of the young King Tutankhamun , which was filmed and produced the first documentary films in 1938 and is an American film titled " Ancient Egypt " (in English : Ancient Egypt) and talked about the the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and the duration was only nine minutes , and then follow up filming documentaries Valley of the Kings by international companies and was most recently in 2004 under the title seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt, the sense of " the seven wonders of ancient Egypt ."

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