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 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 34: Thutmes III
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 38: Thutmes I
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 62: Tutankhamen
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 12: Unknown
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 18: Rameses X
- KV 21: Unknown
- KV 24: Unknown
- KV 25: 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 47: Siptah
- KV 48: Amenemipet
- KV 49: Unknown
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- 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 57: Horemheb
- 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
- Amenhetep II
- Amenhetep III
- Rameses IV
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Thutmes III
- Ay
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Merenptah
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Rameses VII
- Sety I
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes IV
- Tutankhamen
- Unknown
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Amenmeses
- Bay
- Horemheb
- Maiherperi
- Rameses I
- Rameses X
- Rameses XI
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tia'a
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Tutankhamen cache
- Userhat
- Yuya and Thuyu
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.