The treasures that were unearthed have captivated the world and drawn millions to the Valley of the Kings.
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The tomb was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings and excavated over the next decade.
"Amazing as it is, the Valley of the Kings, one of the most important sites in the world, had never been mapped, " Ludwig says.
He was overlooking mud-brick buildings and fields, with the Valley of the Kings in the distance, when the explosion shattered the quiet of the morning.
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Mr Rennie was on holiday with his wife Yvonne when a balloon flight promising spectacular views over the Valley of the Kings - ended in disaster.
The main attractions in the city are the Karnak and Luxor temples as well as the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the Nile.
Along the way, the Vespa-like scooter tour will stop at iconic Egyptian destinations like the pyramids at Giza, the Karnak temples and the Valley of the Kings near Luxor.
Last month Egyptian archaeologists travelled to the Louvre Museum in Paris to collect five ancient fresco fragments stolen from a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in the 1980s.
"It's the opportunity you've got to see the whole spectrum and the whole vista of the Valley of the Kings, " she told the BBC as she digested news of another crash.
Balloon rides are a popular way to see the numerous ancient sites which line the banks of the River Nile at Luxor, in the south of Egypt, such as the temple of Karnak and the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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Meanwhile, many parties farmers in the Central Valley and governments in the Valley's Kings County and the tony liberal cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton were suing the rail authority for not adequately addressing the train's environmental impacts.
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Its review looked into the roles of the Darent Valley Hospital, Kings College Hospital, the Kent Community Health NHS Trust, Kent Police, Kent County Council Children's Services, and GPs in the months leading up to the attack on the 32-day-old boy on 1 December 2011 and immediately afterwards.
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"You can see Valley of the Kings in the background bordered by farmland, " Pauline Liang of Vancouver, Canada, told CNN's iReport last year.
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