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Tomb of Ramses VI. In the New Kingdom, pharaohs wanted to hide their tombs yet provide a place to worship them after death. Instead of a single monument tomb, like the pyramids of the Old Kingdom pharaohs at Giza, the New Kingdom guys built secret tombs in isolated canyons and magnificent mortuary temples on the plains. The necropolis supported a large living population, too. Artisans, labourers, priests, and guards devoted their lives to maintaining the necropolis. |
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