<P> The Valley of the Kings ( Arabic : وادي الملوك ‎ Wādī al Mulūk , Coptic : ϫⲏⲙⲉ ) , the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( Arabic : وادي ابواب الملوك ‎ Wādī Abwāb al Mulūk ) , is a valley in Egypt where , for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC , rock cut tombs were excavated for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom ( the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt ) . </P>
<P> The Valley of the Kings ( Arabic : وادي الملوك ‎ Wādī al Mulūk , Coptic : ϫⲏⲙⲉ ) , the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( Arabic : وادي ابواب الملوك ‎ Wādī Abwāb al Mulūk ) , is a valley in Egypt where , for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC , rock cut tombs were excavated for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom ( the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt ) . </P>
when were the first tombs built in the valley of the kings
when were the first tombs built in the valley of the kings
16th to 11th century BC
16th to 11th century BC