Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient and Modern Designations for Chambers and Features
What was in a royal tomb?
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- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 20: Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 24: Unknown
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 36: Maiherperi
- KV 37: Unknown
- KV 3: Son of Rameses III
- KV 44: Unknown
- KV 45: Userhat
- KV 46: Yuya and Thuyu
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 5: Sons of Rameses II
- KV 12: Unknown
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 18: Rameses X
- KV 21: 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 39: Amenhetep I (?)
- KV 40: Unknown
- KV 41: Unknown
- KV 48: Amenemipet
- KV 49: Unknown
- KV 50: Unknown
- KV 51: Unknown
- KV 52: Unknown
- KV 53: Unknown
- KV 54: Tutankhamen cache
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 56: Unknown
- KV 58: Unknown
- KV 59: Unknown
- KV 60: Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- KV 61: Unknown
- KV F: Unknown
Ownership
- Amenhetep II
- Thutmes III
- Amenhetep III
- Merenptah
- Rameses IV
- Rameses VII
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Unknown
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Horemheb
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Sety I
- Siptah
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes IV
- Tutankhamen
- Amenmeses
- Ay
- Maiherperi
- Rameses XI
- Sety II
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Userhat
- Yuya and Thuyu
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Bay
- Rameses I
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Tia'a
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Tutankhamen cache
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.
Funerary Equipment
The types of funerary equipment Egyptians put into their tombs had become standardized long before the New Kingdom.
History of the Valley of the Kings: Third Intermediate Period to the Byzantine Period
At the end of the New Kingdom, Egypt entered a period of political and economic decline.
Tomb Robberies
From the day they were first sealed in antiquity, treasure-filled tombs in the Valley of the Kings were potential targets for theft.