Egypt.Luxor area. The Valley of the Kings is the valley where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom

Wall painting of bird in hand in the tomb of Nakht, Minister of Agriculture in the reign of Tutmosis IV, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The Valley of the Kings is the valley where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. Luxor area. Egypt.

Detail of wall painting in the tomb of Rekhmire, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wall paintings in the tomb of Rehunire Rekhmire, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Paintings of scenes of everday life in the tomb of Nakht, Minister of Agriculture in the reign of Tutmosis IV, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wall painting of daughter of Nakht from hunt scene in the tomb of Nakht, Minister of Agriculture in the reign of Tutmosis IV, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tomb of Ramose, Grand Minister of the 18th dynasty, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wall painting of a girl, Tomb of Menna, 18th dynasty, Sheikh Abd el_Kurna, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Harvesting scene from the 18th Dynasty land steward Sheikh Aba el Kurna, Tomb of Menna, Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Scribes record crop in harvest scene, Tomb of Menna, 18th dynasty, Sheikh Abd el_Kurna, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wall paintings of female musicians in the tomb of Nakht, Minister of Agriculture in the reign of Tutmosis IV, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Cat climbing papyrus stem in duck hunting scene, Tomb of Menna, 18th dynasty, Sheikh Abd el_Kurna, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail of fresco depicting a duck hunt in the marshes, with the daughter of Sheikh Abd el_Kurna holding his leg on bound papyrus raft, tomb of Nakht, Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Harvesting scene from the time of the 18th Dynasty land steward Sheikh Aba el Kurna, Tomb of Menna, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa