There are more than 60 tombs found till now in the valley of kings. Some of the king names are
Ramesses VII, Ramesses IV, Unnamed son of Ramesses III, Ramesses XI,
Sons of Ramesses II, Ramesses IX, Ramesses II, Merenptah, Ramesses V, Ramesses VI, Amenmesse, Ramesses III, Amenherkhepshef, Mentuherkhepshef
Twosret, Setnakhte, Seti II, Ramesses I, Seti I, Ramesses X, Mentuherkhepshef, Thutmose I, Hatshepsut, Tia'a, Thutmose III, Amenhotep II, Maiherpri, Thutmose I, Amenhotep I, Queen Hatshepsut-Meryetre, Thutmose IV, Userhet
Yuya, Tjuyu, Siptah, Amenemopet, Smenkhkare/Akhenaten, Horemheb, Sitre In, Tutankhamen and other unknown kings.
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Deseased Pharaoh's and some deseased people were buried in The Valley of the Kings. King Tut was a famous "Boy King" who's tomb was discovered in 1922.
None of the 11 Ramesses had pyramids they all buried in rock cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
The internal defenses of pyramids proved ineffective in stopping tomb robbers. The Egyptian Pharohs hoped (in most cases, futilely) that by hiding their tombs in the valley of the kings, they could better protect them from said robbers.
The "Valley of the Kings" takes its name from the large number of Egyptian royalty interred there. Because it is a valley, it was possible to dig into the sides of the valley horizontally and laterally to build tombs. Perhaps it would be less ambiguous if we started referring to it as "the valley of THE TOMBS OF the kings.
The 'Vally of the Kings' is not built, nor is in Thebes. The 'Vally of the Kings' is a natural valley gut into an escarpment bordering the Nile Valley. This natural valley was used as the site for burial of royal mummies by the ancient Egyptians. The ancient city of 'Thebes' is in Greece.
They wern't buried in the ground