The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years between the 16th and 11th centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom, spanning the 18th to 20th dynasties of ancient Egypt. The valley is located on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes (present-day Luxor), in the heart of the ancient mortuary city of Thebes. The valley was first used for royal burials around 1539 BC. New Kingdom kings were buried there until 1075 BC. It contains at least 63 tombs, beginning with the tomb of Thutmose I (and possibly earlier, during the reign of Amenhotep I) and ending with the reign of Ramesses X.

Queen Hatshepsut built her temple (c. 1473–1458 BC) on the West Bank in Luxor, opposite the Karnak Temple, the main sanctuary of Amun, located on the East Bank. Hatshepsut's temple was called "Geser Djesru" in ancient Egyptian, meaning "holiest of the sanctuaries." It was designed by Senenmut, who held many titles, including "Manager of the Kingdom of Amun." The temple consists of three levels, each with a colonnade at its end. At the top level, an open courtyard is located behind the colonnade, fronted by statues of Hatshepsut in the form of Osiris, the god of the dead. The walls of the temple are covered with scenes depicting temple rituals, religious festivals, and the transportation of obelisks from the quarries to the Karnak Temple. Perhaps the most distinctive scenes are those on the central

Karnak Temple , you visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt.