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Wadi Biban el-Muluk is the Arabic name of
the Valley of the Kings, meaning ‘the Kings' Gates’. How can Wadi Biban el-Muluk be decribed? Well, imagine an entire city
built to serve the deceased, where nobody can enter or stepped
out without a permission. During the New Kingdom, with almost
3500 years ago, the Egypt`s pharaohs decided to protect their
own tomb from the possible rubbers. They built a city in an
empty place, known today as Wadi Biban el-Muluk, or the Valley
of the Kings. The temples and the tombs were built on one bank
of the Nile, and on the other side was a village surrounded by
walls, for the workers who excavated the royal tombs deep in the
sand dunes. Hundreds of workers were building in the Valley of
the Kings. When the men were not at work, they lived with their
families in the village that was especially made for them,
village that is call today Deir al Medina. Inside the village,
the houses were small, made from mud taken from the Nile` s
shore, dried at sun. Today, only the stones of the Deir el
Medina village`s foundation can be seen. The village have known
a continue transformation for 500 years, in the period when the
kings were buried in the Valley. The people still live close to
the Valley of the Kings and many of them earn their living
guiding the tourists interested in the Valley`s old mysteries.
The most magnificent tomb of the New Kingdom was not at all
hidden. Craved in a stone, the immense temple was hiding the
tomb of Hatshepsut. The mystery surrounds the Egyptian ruler
because Hatshepsut was a woman who took the throne in a moment
when only the men were allowed to rule. |
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