Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient and Modern Designations for Chambers and Features What was in a royal tomb?
Decorating the Tombs The artists and workmen responsible for decorating the tombs used a variety of implements in wood, metal and stone in different stages of the process.
Funerary Equipment The types of funerary equipment Egyptians put into their tombs had become standardized long before the New Kingdom.
Geography and Geology of the Valley The Valley of the Kings actually consists of two valleys that run northeast from the slopes of a prominent ridge along a high plateau into the Western Desert.
Historical Development of the Valley of the Kings The reasons New Kingdom kings chose the East Valley of the Kings for their burials are unclear.
History of the Valley of the Kings: Third Intermediate Period to the Byzantine Period At the end of the New Kingdom, Egypt entered a period of political and economic decline.