Beautiful Festival of the Valley

The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was an Ancient Egyptian festival, celebrated annually in Thebes, during the Middle Kingdom period and later.

The sacred barques of Amun-Re, his consort Mut and son Khonsu left the temple at Karnak in order to visit the funerary temples of deceased kings on the West Bank and their shrines in the Theban Necropolis.

References

Davies, V. & Friedman R. Egypt, British Museum Press, 1998
Strudwick N & Strudwick K. Thebes in Egypt, Cornell University Press, 1999

-- There is also a children's book of the same name, "The Beautiful Festival of the Valley" which is a story that combines fiction and fable together with art. http://www.xlibris.com/thebeautifulfestivalofthevalley

Theban Necropolis

Temple sites	Deir el-Bahri · Medinet Habu · Mortuary Temple of Seti I · Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III · Ramesseum

Royal Necropolis	Valley of the Kings · Valley of the Queens

Other Burials	Deir el-Medina · el-Assasif · el-Khokha · el-Tarif · Dra' Abu el-Naga' · Qurnet Murai · Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

Other	List of Theban Tombs · Beautiful festival of the valley