Inside the Valley of the Kings: Breath-taking photos from Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses' 3,000-year-old royal tomb

Inside the Valley of the Kings: Breath-taking photos from Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses' 3,000-year-old royal tomb

These colourful images were taken in the final resting place of Ramesses IV, who succeeded to the throne in about 1156 B.C. but reigned for only six years. And more than 3,000 years after its creation, the tomb, located in East Valley of the Kings in Thebes, Egypt retains its extraordinary beauty, its walls covered in hieroglyphs and murals.