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 34: Thutmes III
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- 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 F: Unknown
Ownership
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Thutmes III
- Amenhetep II
- Amenhetep III
- Merenptah
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IV
- Rameses VII
- Sety I
- Thutmes I
- Ay
- Bay
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Horemheb
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Unknown
- Amenmeses
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses I
- Rameses XI
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Thutmes IV
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Tutankhamen
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Maiherperi
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tia'a
- Tutankhamen cache
- Userhat
- Yuya and Thuyu
Development of Tombs
Knowledge of the early stages of New Kingdom royal tomb development is hampered by a lack of evidence.
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.
Funerary Compositions
From the end of Dynasty 5 onward, religious texts were inscribed in the burial chambers of royal tombs.
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.