Qualla: Valley of the Kings (Tibet) https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/1/j/valley-of-the-kings-tibet-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Valley of the Kings (Tibet) https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet Valley of the Kings (Tibet): Introduction https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet/ Photo credit 骞里之行, CC BY-SA 4.0. Somewhere beneath the grass-covered mounds of Qonggyai County lies a silver coffin, flanked by knights and battle horses cast in solid gold. No archaeologist has ever opened it. The tumuli of the Chongye Valley, Tibet's own Valley of the Kings, have guarded the remains of the Tibetan Empire's rulers for more than thirteen centuries, and the earth has not yet given up its secrets.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/1/j/valley-of-the-kings-tibet-wp/wj1j-valley-of-the-kings-tibet-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Valley of the Kings (Tibet): The Mounds and Their Kings https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet/ Photo credit Reurinkjan, CC BY 2.0. The valley holds between eight and ten tumuli, depending on which source you trust. Tibetan tradition claims that all kings from Drigum onward were buried here, but the visible mounds are generally identified with rulers from Songtsen Gampo, the founder of the Tibetan Empire, thr...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/1/j/valley-of-the-kings-tibet-wp/wj1j-valley-of-the-kings-tibet-the-mounds-and-their-kings.mp3 0:06 2 full Valley of the Kings (Tibet): A Tomb Imagined https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet/ Photo credit Reurinkjan, CC BY 2.0. The ancient Tibetan Annals describe what lies beneath Songtsen Gampo's mound with remarkable specificity. The inner tomb is said to contain five halls and a central burial chamber roughly 100 square meters in area and 13.4 meters high. The king's silver coffin rests at the center...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/1/j/valley-of-the-kings-tibet-wp/wj1j-valley-of-the-kings-tibet-a-tomb-imagined.mp3 0:06 3 full Valley of the Kings (Tibet): The Temple Above https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet/ Photo credit Reurinkjan, CC BY 2.0. A small temple sits above the burial mounds, rebuilt in 1983 with restored murals and maintained by just three monks. Inside, a statue of Songtsen Gampo occupies the center of the altar, flanked by his two wives: Princess Wencheng of China on one side and Bhrikuti of Nepal on the...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/1/j/valley-of-the-kings-tibet-wp/wj1j-valley-of-the-kings-tibet-the-temple-above.mp3 0:06 4 full Valley of the Kings (Tibet): Thirty-Five Kings in the Ground https://qualla.com/valley-of-the-kings-tibet/ Photo credit Photo taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0. The visible tumuli represent only a fraction of the valley's royal dead. Tibetan history texts including the Grand Ceremonies of the Wise and the Chronicle of Tibetan Kings and Officials record a total of 35 tombs spanning from the 29th King of Tibet to the last, divided into gro...

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