Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient and Modern Designations for Chambers and Features
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- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 20: Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 12: Unknown
- KV 18: Rameses X
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- 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 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 36: Maiherperi
- KV 37: Unknown
- KV 39: Amenhetep I (?)
- KV 3: Son of Rameses III
- KV 40: Unknown
- KV 41: Unknown
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- 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
Ownership
- Bay
- Horemheb
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses VII
- Sety I
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Amenhetep III
- Amenmeses
- Ay
- Merenptah
- Rameses I
- Rameses IV
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Rameses XI
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes III
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Unknown
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Amenhetep II
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Maiherperi
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Thutmes IV
- Tia'a
- Tutankhamen
- Tutankhamen cache
- Userhat
- Yuya and Thuyu
Geography and Geology of the Valley
The Valley of the Kings actually consists of two valleys that run northeast from the slopes of a prominent ridge along a high plateau into the Western Desert.
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.