KV7

KV7 tomb of Ramses II.
place	Valley of the Kings
Discovery date	in ancient times
excavation	Henry Salt (1817), Karl Richard Lepsius (1844), Harry Burton (1913/14), Christian Leblanc (1995)

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KV6

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KV8

KV7

Valley of the Kings
(Eastern Valley)

Isometric representation, floor plan and sectional drawing of the tomb

The tomb KV7 is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) Ramses II ( Ramses the great ) of the 19th dynasty . It is centrally located in the Valley of the Kings , opposite the tomb of his sons, KV5 and not far from that of his son and successor, Merenptah , KV8 .

Construction and decoration

The burial chamber is located in the center of the burial place and has a vaulted ceiling. Parts of the decorations have been damaged or even destroyed by the constant floods that also reached the tomb. Still recognizable are the wall paintings with the litany of Re , the Book of the Portals , the Book of the Dead , the Amduat , the Book of the Cow and scenes of the mouth opening ceremony .

The mummy of Ramses II was brought to the cachette of Deir el-Bahari in the 22nd dynasty to protect against grave robbers . The actual grave was then used again for burials in the Third Intermediate Period and in the Roman Period .

literature

Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , pp. 140-143