Luxor, Egypt

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor

A hillside on the Theban west bank holding the largest concentration of private tombs in the necropolis, the painted Tombs of the Nobles. Officials of the New Kingdom rest here, and a village long grew over their burials.

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Location

Coordinates: 25.7317, 32.6092

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