KVF
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| place | Valley of the Kings |
| Discovery date | January 1921 |
| excavation | Howard Carter |
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KVF ( Kings' Valley no. F ) refers to an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings , which was discovered in January 1921 by Howard Carter during his excavation work for Lord Carnarvon . It is one of a total of 20 graves or pits that have been started with a letter instead of a number. These pits are known as "workers' pits", "embalming pits" or cachettes and are currently known as KVT.
The rather small grave with a total of 2.96 m² is located in the southwestern wadi of the valley. KVF consists of a descending staircase that ends in a single, rectangular room. There are no wall decorations and no indications of a grave owner and whether a burial actually took place.
KVF is dated to the 18th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ). Near the grave, Howard Carter discovered four pits, one of which was intact, and grave goods of Thutmose III. contained. Based on these finds and the not far away tomb of the king ( KV34 ), Carter assumed that there must be a reference to KVF. Even Elizabeth Thomas saw the mines in a connection to KV34. According to Nicholas Reeves , this tomb could be a "false start" for the royal tomb of Thutmose III. have been.
KVF is now inaccessible and filled with rubble.
See also
literature
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , p. 187.
- Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks : The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. Oxford University Press, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-19-993163-7 , pp. 125-126.
Web links
- Theban Mapping Project: KVF , accessed November 2, 2014.