Valley of the queens is the burial place of some of the queens of the new kingdom, its in the west bank of Luxor.
Most of the discovered tombs in valley of the queens are unfinished with no decorations, except queen Nefertari tomb (the wife of king RamsesII), the reason of the fame of this valley.
Although it’s called valley of the queens, few tombs there belong to some nobles and some of the children of the pharaohs. They pharaohs decided to bury some of their kids (after their death) at the same place where their mothers are because they died young and they wanted their mother to take care of them in the after world. All tombs are listed as QV 1, 2, 3 …etc as “QV” stands for Queens Valley.
Nefertari tomb isn’t the only one in valley of the queens but the best, Nefertari was the third wife of king Ramses II and he was so in love with her that’s why he decided to build her a big, very well decorated tomb in valley of the queens. Her tomb was discovered in 1904 by Ernesto Schiaparelli (Italian Egyptologist)
The walls of Nefertari tomb are decorated with different scenes from the book of the dead, Nefertari offering the offerings to the gods of the after life, astronomical ceiling represents the heavens is painted in dark blue and representations of the queen playing the game of senet.
Poetry written by Ramses II about his dead wife is featured on some of the walls of her burial chamber. (“My love is unique — no one can rival her, for she is the most beautiful woman alive. Just by passing, she has stolen away my heart.”) Nefertari’s origins are unknown except that it is thought that she was a member of the nobility.
Going in a tour to valley of the queens will let you able to see some other tombs as well like:
1-Tombs of queen Titi
2-Tomb of prince Amen Hr Khep Shef (one of the sons of king Ramses III)
3-Tomb of prince Kha M Waset
