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Discovering Tutankhamun: The Photographs of Harry Burton

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		Entrance to the Valley of the Kings, Thebes MMA Burton photo TAA970

The entrance to the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, the burial place of the kings of ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom. The valley is dominated by a pyramid-like mountain called the Qurn. See a map of the necropolis.

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