Amarna Royal Tombs Project
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The Amarna Royal Tombs Project (ARTP) is an archaeological expedition set up in 1998 to investigate on the ground and in the records the fate of the missing Amarna royal dead transferred on the abandonment of El-Amarna to the Valley of the Kings
during the reign of Tutankhamun. ARTP's director is Nicholas Reeves
.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings , less often called the Valley of the Gates of the Kings , is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom .The valley stands on the west bank of...
during the reign of Tutankhamun. ARTP's director is Nicholas Reeves
Nicholas Reeves
Carl Nicholas Reeves is an English Egyptologist best known for his archaeological work in and writings on the Valley of the Kings. He is currently Sylvan C...
.