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A project of the American Research Center in Egypt
Main valley looking southeast from west cliff above KV 7, showing central hill into which KV 5., KV 6 and KV 55 were cut (left to right). Entrances to KV 3, KV 46 and KV 4 (bottom to top) are in side wadi to left of center, with entrance to KV 19 above.
Tomb entrances and inspector's office.
Deities adoring divine corpse.
Book of Caverns, fifth division: Nut holding forms of Ra (sun disk and ram-headed man).
Gods with king's cartouches (standing in place of king) in solar bark.
Book of the Earth, part A: personification of a water clock.
Adoration of sun disk emerging from crocodile.
Ram-headed form of sun god Ra greeted by animal-headed gods; Book of the Earth, part A: dead emerging from burial mounds.
Book of the Day: Nut preparing to swallow the sun disk.
Rameses VI's Horus name and second cartouche.
Remains of Rameses VI's titles.
Burial chamber J with pit in floor.
Entrances to KV 6 and KV 55 ca. 1910.
Tomb entrance with modern gate and tourists. 
Tomb entrances and tourist shelter
Tomb entrance with modern gates.
Tomb section and plan.
Tourists at tomb entrance.
Tomb entrances.
Tomb entrances and tourist shelter.