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 38: Thutmes I
- KV 22: Amenhetep III
- KV 2: Rameses IV
- KV 35: Amenhetep II
- KV 42: Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- KV 8: Merenptah
- KV 10: Amenmeses
- KV 11: Rameses III
- KV 13: Bay
- KV 14: Tausert and Setnakht
- KV 15: Sety II
- KV 16: Rameses I
- KV 17: Sety I
- KV 19: Mentuherkhepeshef
- KV 1: Rameses VII
- KV 23: Ay
- KV 25: Unknown
- KV 43: Thutmes IV
- KV 47: Siptah
- KV 4: Rameses XI
- KV 55: Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- KV 57: Horemheb
- KV 6: Rameses IX
- KV 7: Rameses II
- KV 9: Rameses V and Rameses VI
- 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 62: Tutankhamen
- KV F: Unknown
Ownership
- Thutmes I
- Thutmes I and Hatshepsut
- Thutmes III
- Amenhetep II
- Amenhetep III
- Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra
- Merenptah
- Rameses IV
- Unknown
- Amenmeses
- Ay
- Bay
- Horemheb
- Mentuherkhepeshef
- Rameses I
- Rameses II
- Rameses III
- Rameses IX
- Rameses V and Rameses VI
- Rameses VII
- Rameses XI
- Sety I
- Sety II
- Siptah
- Tausert and Setnakht
- Thutmes IV
- Tiye (?) or Akhenaten (?)
- Amenemipet
- Amenhetep I (?)
- Maiherperi
- Rameses X
- Sit-Ra, called In (?)
- Son of Rameses III
- Sons of Rameses II
- Tia'a
- Tutankhamen
- 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.
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.