Anatomy of a Tomb: Ancient and Modern Designations for Chambers and Features
What was in a royal tomb?
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- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 20: Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 24: Unknown
- KV 3: Son of Rameses III
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 44: Unknown
- KV 45: Userhat
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- KV 02: Rameses IV
- KV 12: Unknown
- 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 36: Maiherperi
- KV 37: Unknown
- KV 39: Amenhetep I (?)
- KV 40: Unknown
- KV 41: Unknown
- 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
- WB 1: Multiple Owners
- Wadi D-4: Anonymous
Period
Ownership
- Amenhetep III
- Rameses IV
- Thutmes III
- Amenhetep II
- Merenptah
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Rameses VII
- Sety I
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Unknown
- Amenmeses
- Ay
- Horemheb
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses XI
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes I
- Bay
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Rameses I
- Son of Rameses III
- Thutmes IV
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Tutankhamen
- Userhat
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Anonymous
- Maiherperi
- Multiple Owners
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tia'a
- Tutankhamen cache
- Yuya and Thuyu
Decoration
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.
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.
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.
