 Around the time of Ramesses I (ca.1301 BC) construction commenced in the separate Valley of the Queens.The official name for the site in ancient times was "The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes" (see below for the hieroglyphic spelling), or "Ta-sekhet-ma'at" (the Great Field).