KV 10 tomb entrance
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- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 06: Rameses IX
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 18: Rameses X
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- KV 05: Sons of Rameses II
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 03: Son of Rameses III
- KV 07: Rameses II
- KV 12: Unknown
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 3: Son of Rameses III
- KV 56: Unknown
- KV 04: Rameses XI
- KV 09: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 20: Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 24: Unknown
- KV 32: Tia'a
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 44: Unknown
- KV 45: Userhat
- KV 48: Amenemipet
- KV 49: Unknown
- KV 58: Unknown
- KV 21: Unknown
- KV 26: Unknown
- KV 27: Unknown
- KV 28: Unknown
- KV 29: Unknown
- KV 30: Unknown
- KV 31: Unknown
- KV 33: Unknown
- KV 36: Maiherperi
- KV 37: Unknown
- KV 39: Amenhetep I (?)
- KV 40: Unknown
- KV 41: Unknown
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 46: Yuya and Thuyu
- KV 50: Unknown
- KV 51: Unknown
- KV 52: Unknown
- KV 53: Unknown
- KV 54: Tutankhamen cache
- KV 59: Unknown
- KV 5: Sons of Rameses II
- KV 60: Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- KV 61: Unknown
Ownership
- Amenmeses
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Merenptah
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IV
- Rameses IX
- Rameses VII
- Rameses XI
- Siptah
- Unknown
- Amenhetep III
- Horemheb
- Sety I
- Sety II
- Son of Rameses III
- Thutmes III
- Amenhetep II
- Ay
- Bay
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses I
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Tia'a
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Userhat
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Maiherperi
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Sons of Rameses II
- Thutmes IV
- Tutankhamen
- Tutankhamen cache
- Yuya and Thuyu
Decoration
KV 10 tomb entrance with modern revetments and flood protection barrier.
Tomb plans for KV 11 and KV 10 (original positions reversed).
Tomb entrances.
Tomb entrances and tourist shelter.
Valley of the Kings, panoramic view from cliffs above KV 09, looking southeast. Visible are entrances to KV 03, KV 07, KV 04, KV 05, KV 06, KV 55, KV 62, KV 18, KV 17, KV 16, KV 10, KV 11, KV 57, and toursit shelter.
Tomb entrances and tourist shelter in the central part of the Valley of the Kings.
Tomb entrances, with clearance activities outside KV 10 by the University of Memphis #15925
Tomb entrances and a modern tourist shelter.
Tomb plans up until corridor C (KV 11) and pillared chamber F (KV 10), with orientation of the tombs reversed from actual relationship.
Tomb entrance (artistic reproduction)
Kneeling winged Ma'at (reconstruction)
Breakthrough from KV 11 to KV 10.
Dodson, Aidan M. Death after Death in the Valley of the Kings. In: Sara E. Orel (ed.), Death and Taxes in the Ancient Near East. Lewiston: Edwin MEllen Press, 1992. Pp. 53-59.
Appears in:
Dodson, Aidan M. The Tomb of King Amenmesse: Some Observations. Discussions in Egyptology. Oxford. 2 (1985): 7-11.
Appears in:
Ertman, Earl L. A First Report on the Preliminary Survey of Unexcavated KV10. KMT 4/2 (1993): 38-46.
Appears in:
Habachi, Labib. King Amenmesses and Viziers Amenmose and Kha’emtore: Their Monuments and Place in History. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts: Abteilung Kairo, 34 (1978): 57-67.