Valley of the Kings to the public. 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
Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan The Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan happened in July 29, 2018 (). Four Western touring cyclists were killed while cycling in the Danghara District, and two more were injured after five Islamist militants rammed them with a car and then got out of the vehicle and stabbed them. The attackers, in a posthumously released video, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, however, the Tajik authorities downplay the IS responsibility, blaming instead the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan. Terrorist movements are known to be present in Central Asia, Afghanistan, with which Tajikistan shares a