Valley of the Queens

On the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, just a kilometer southwest of the Valley of the Kings, lies a place no less sacred but dedicated to a different essence—the Valley of the Queens (Arabic: Biban el-Harim). This quiet, isolated gorge served as the final resting place not for ruling pharaohs, but for the very heart of the royal family: great royal wives, mothers, princes, and princesses of the New Kingdom (19th–20th Dynasties, c. 1292–1077 BC).