Tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Up to 2007, a total of 63 Tombs have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings. The tombs in the Valley of the Kings belonging to the Pharaohs, leading dignitaries and even animals.

List the tombs in Valley of the Kings
The list of tombs in the Valley of the Kings are detailed in the following table together with the name of the Egyptologists who were instrumental in the excavation of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Please click the links for more details about most important tombs in the Valley of the Kings:

• KV1 – The tomb of Ramses VII (Edwin Brock)

• KV2 – The tomb of Ramses IV (Edward Ayrton)

• KV3 – The tomb of an unnamed son of Ramses III

• KV4 – The tomb of Ramses XI (John Romer)

• KV5 – The tomb of some of the sons of Ramses II

• KV6 – The tomb of Ramses IX

• KV7 – The tomb of Ramses II aka Ramses the Great (Henry Salt)

• KV8 – The tomb of Merenptah

• KV9 – The tomb of Ramses V and Ramses VI (Georges Daressy)

• KV10 – The tomb of Amenmesse (Edward Ayrton)

• KV11 – The tomb of Ramses III

• KV12 – Name of occupant unknown

• KV13 – The tomb of Bay and later Amenherkhepshef and Mentuherkhepshef

• KV14 – The tomb of Twosret, later reused by Setnakhte

• KV15 – The tomb of Seti II (Howard Carter)

• KV16 – The tomb of Ramses I (Giovanni Belzoni)

• KV17 – The tomb of Seti I aka Belzoni's tomb (Giovanni Belzoni)

• KV18 – The tomb of Ramses X (Howard Carter)

• KV19 – The tomb of Mentuherkhepshef

• KV20 – The tomb of Hatshepsut and Thutmose I (Howard Carter)

• KV30 – Known as Lord Belmore's tomb. Name of occupant unknown

• KV32 – The tomb of Tia'a (Victor Loret)

• KV34 – The tomb of Thutmose III (Victor Loret)

• KV35 – Originally the tomb of Amenhotep II but then shared by several other mummies (Victor Loret)

• KV36 – The tomb of the noble Maiherpri

• KV38 – The tomb of Thutmose I (Victor Loret)

• KV39 – Possibly the tomb of Amenhotep I (Victor Loret)

• KV41 – Name of occupant unknown but may have been Queen Tetisheri

• KV42 – The tomb of Hatshepsut-Meryetre, the wife of Thutmose III

• KV43 – The tomb of Thutmose IV (Howard Carter)

• KV45 – The tomb of the noble Userhet.

• KV46 – The tomb of the nobles Yuya and Tjuyu, believed to be the parents of Queen Tiy

• KV47 – The tomb of Siptah (Edward Ayrton)

• KV48 – The tomb of the noble Amenemopet

• KV49 – Name of occupant unknown

• KV50/KV51/KV52 – Animal Tombs - These tombs contain animal burials (Edward Ayrton)

• KV54 – Believed to be an embalming cache for the tomb of Tutankhamun

• KV55 – The tomb  of Tiye and Akhenaten (Edward Ayrton)

• KV56 – The Gold Tomb - Name of occupant unknown

• KV57 – The tomb of Horemheb (Edward Ayrton)

• KV58 – The Chariot Tomb - Name of occupant unknown

• KV60 – The tomb of Sitre In

• KV61 – This tomb appears to have been unused

• KV62 – The Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Howard Carter)

Numeration used for Theban tombs and the Tombs in the Valley of the Kings
John Gardiner Wilkinson (1797–1875)  assigned the numeration system for the Egyptian tombs found in the Valley of the Kings. All tombs are assigned a number and the legends KV, QV, WV & TT  indicate their location as follows:

• KV (e.g. KV no.35) refers to the King Valley

• QV (e.g. QV no.66) refers to the tomb of Nerfertari in the Queen Valley

• WV (e.g. WV no.23) refers to the tomb of the Pharaoh Ay in the Western Valley

• TT (e.g. TT no.55) refers to the tomb of Ramose designated to the category of Theban Tomb

  • There are at least 415 catalogued tombs, designated TT for Theban Tomb which are burial places of nobles and important court officials

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