Valley of the Queens

Valley of the Queens is located on the West Bank in Luxor, also known as Biban el-Harim, Biban el-Sultanat, and Wadi el-Melikat, In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu.

Valley of queens is isolated cemetery belonging to queens, princesses, princes, and nobles, these tombs usually consist of a small antechamber, a long narrow corridor with several side chambers, and at the end - the burial chamber

This necropolis is said to hold more than seventy tombs, most of them are stylish and decorated, An example of this is the resting place carved out of the rock for Queen Nefertari (1290-1224 BCE) at the 19th Dynasty. The polychrome reliefs in her tomb are still intact.

The Tomb of Nefertari (Tomb 66), One of five wives of Ramesses II, Nefertari was his favorite, and the tomb is said one of the most beautiful in Egypt, The tomb is completely painted with scenes though out., Nefertari known as 'the most beautiful of them', accompanied by gods. She is usually wearing a golden crown with two feathers extended from the back of a vulture and clothed in a white gossamer gown. Be sure not to miss the side room where one scene depicts the queen worshipping the mummified body of Osiris.

Near the stairs to the burial chamber is another wonderful scene with Nefertarti offering milk to the goddess Hathor.