Valley of the Kings Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings ( ; ), also known as 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, rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the
Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial memorial himself. He drew inspiration from the memorial to the 253 dead of the United States Coast Guard ship USS "Serpens", which is located in the northern corner of Section 34 at Arlington National Cemetery. The "Serpens" memorial is octagonal in shape and lists the names of the dead on its side panels. The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial is a pentagonal granite marker high. On five sides of the memorial along the top are inscribed the words "Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon September 11, 2001". Aluminum plaques, painted black, are inscribed with the names