Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
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Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
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Egyptian Discoveries
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Location of the
Egyptian Burial site Discoveries
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When were tombs
first built in the Egyptian Tomb Discoveries?
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Legends and
Numeration system used for Egyptian Tombs
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Names of the
tombs
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How many tombs were found
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Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
Egyptian Tomb
Discoveries
Who were the men who made the Egyptian Tomb
Discoveries in the Valley of the Kings? The
Egyptian Tomb Discoveries were made in the Valley of the Kings necropolis
( a large cemetery
or burial place near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations) located near the Ancient Egyptian
city of Thebes (now modern-day Luxor). Many of the tombs were discovered
by the Egyptian tomb robbers of antiquity but during the 19th and 20th
centuries renewed interest in Egyptology led European Egyptologists to
make further excavations in the Valley of the Kings, hoping to find
undiscovered tombs complete with
fabulous treasures.
How many Egyptian Tomb Discoveries have
been made in the Valley of the Kings?
There are 63 tombs which have been discovered
in the Valley of the Kings belonging to
the Pharaohs and
leading dignitaries.
History of Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
The table below provides a list of
important royal Egyptian tomb discoveries and the names of the
Egyptologists who excavated them. But before the modern excavations
people were aware of the tombs. In 57BC a Greek historian called
Diodorus Siculus wrote about the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The
tombs were visited by the Greeks and the Romans who left graffiti on the
walls of the tombs in Greek and Latin. The fall of the Roman Empire led
to many hundreds of years of silence regarding the tombs and the next
documented evidence is by a Jesuit priest called Claude Sicard who
rediscovered the Valley of the Kings between 1708 and 1712. A plan of 18
tombs on the site was then drawn by an English clergyman called Richard
Pococke in 1734. James Bruce, a Scottish Egyptologist, explored the tomb
of Ramses III in 1769. In 1798
Napoleon Bonaparte led a military campaign into Egypt. The French were
stranded in Egypt for 3 years and during this time the French studied
Egyptian monuments and history and Napoleon Bonaparte gave orders that
valuable Ancient Egyptian antiquities should be transferred to Paris.
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone sparked even more interest in the
Ancient Egypt civilisation and excavations began.
Legend used for Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
John Gardiner Wilkinson (1797–1875) assigned the numeration system
for the Egyptian tombs.
All tombs are and numbered according to this system and the legends KV, QV, WV & TT indicate their location as
follows:
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KV (e.g. KV
no.35) refers to the King Valley
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QV (e.g. QV
no.66) refers to the burial site of Nerfertari in the Queen Valley
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WV (e.g. WV
no.23) refers to the burial site of the Pharaoh Ay in the Western
Valley
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TT (e.g. TT
no.55) refers to the burial site of Ramose designated to the
category of Theban Tomb
Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
The following table lists some of the famous
and important Egyptian Tomb Discoveries made in the Valley of the Kings,
including the name of the occupant, date of the discovery and a list of the names
of the Egyptologists who excavated the tombs.
Egyptian Tomb Discoveries
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