Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient and Modern Designations for Chambers and Features
What was in a royal tomb?
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- KV 20: Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 12: Unknown
- KV 18: Rameses X
- KV 21: Unknown
- KV 24: Unknown
- KV 26: Unknown
- KV 27: Unknown
- KV 28: Unknown
- KV 29: Unknown
- KV 30: Unknown
- KV 31: Unknown
- KV 32: Tia'a
- KV 33: Unknown
- KV 36: Maiherperi
- KV 37: Unknown
- KV 39: Amenhetep I (?)
- KV 3: Son of Rameses III
- KV 40: Unknown
- KV 41: Unknown
- KV 44: Unknown
- KV 45: Userhat
- KV 46: Yuya and Thuyu
- KV 48: Amenemipet
- KV 49: Unknown
- KV 50: Unknown
- KV 51: Unknown
- KV 52: Unknown
- KV 53: Unknown
- KV 54: Tutankhamen cache
- KV 56: Unknown
- KV 58: Unknown
- KV 59: Unknown
- KV 5: Sons of Rameses II
- KV 60: Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- KV 61: Unknown
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- KV F: Unknown
Ownership
- Amenhetep III
- Rameses IV
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Thutmes III
- Unknown
- Amenhetep II
- Amenmeses
- Ay
- Bay
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Horemheb
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Merenptah
- Rameses I
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Rameses VII
- Rameses XI
- Sety I
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes IV
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Maiherperi
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tia'a
- Tutankhamen
- Tutankhamen cache
- Userhat
- Yuya and Thuyu
Foundation Deposits
While more commonly found in association with temple constructions, foundation deposits also have been unearthed at some royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Historical Development of the Valley of the Kings
The reasons New Kingdom kings chose the East Valley of the Kings for their burials are unclear.