Another tomb at the Valley of the Kings, dubbed KV 33, was discovered during the team's 2012 season. The tomb had an iron door at its entrance and a wooden protection installed around the stairs.

For visitors who drive, free parking is available. Travelers can also get to the Valley of the Kings – which is open year-round from 6 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. – by bike, taxi or tour bus.

But they also spent time and treasure creating hidden underground mausoleums. The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor.

This peak has the shape of a pyramid and marks the entrance to the valley, and may be one of the reasons why this location was chosen by the Ancient Egyptian kings of the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1070 ...

The Valley of the Kings, a popular tourist destination, was a great burial ground for Egypt’s most powerful Pharaohs, including King Tut, who were all buried there in beautiful, treasure-filled ...

Valley of the Kings is recommended for players ages 14 and up, and my 8-year-old daughter who enjoys mild strategy games had a hard time balancing the entomb/buy decisions enough to rack up enough ...

As Kathleen Sheppard explains in “Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age,” this “change-of-air cure” was popular among the British elite.