List of tombs in the Valley of the Kings
The pharaohs tombs listed in this list are located in the Valley of the Kings near Thebes- West in Egypt . However, not all of them were used for the burial of pharaohs .
In order to designate and categorize the graves in the actual Valley of the Kings, Egyptologists use the acronym "KV" ( Kings' Valley ). The system was introduced by John Gardner Wilkinson in 1821 . The graves in the western valley, however, are also abbreviated with "WV" ( West Valley ).
The graves are numbered in the order in which they were discovered, from KV1 ( Ramses VII ) to KV65 . Some have been known since ancient times, while KV5 was only recently rediscovered. Current finds in the valley are KV63 (2005) and KV64 (2012). The KV65 is a radar anomaly that could indicate an unopened pharaoh's grave or a previously unknown burial chamber .
Location sketches
Eastern valley
Grave no. | Grave owner | Dating | discovery | Remarks |
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KV1 | Ramses VII | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | The grave consists of a decorated passage and burial chamber. |
KV2 | Ramses IV | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | The grave consists of a decorated passage and burial chamber with three secondary chambers at the rear end. |
KV3 | A son of Ramses III. | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | Large decorated grave complex. The coffin chamber is supported by eight pillars. |
KV4 | Ramses XI. | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | The grave consists of a decorated passage and burial chamber. Unfinished. |
KV5 | Sons of Ramses II. | 18./19. dynasty | before 1799 | With 150 (as of 2006) known rooms, it is probably the largest grave in the Valley of the Kings. |
KV6 | Ramses IX. | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | The grave consists of a decorated corridor, a hall with four pillars and a burial chamber. There are four secondary chambers. Unfinished. |
KV7 | Ramses ii | 19th dynasty | partially open since ancient times | Large grave complex consisting of various corridors and chambers. Burial chamber with eight pillars. The grave is in danger of collapsing today. Investigations are therefore difficult. |
KV8 | Merenptah | 19th dynasty | open since ancient times | Large grave complex consisting of various corridors and chambers. Burial chamber with eight pillars. |
KV9 | Ramses V and Ramses VI. | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | |
KV10 | Amenmesse | 19th dynasty | open since ancient times | The grave consists largely of a decorated passage and the burial chamber with four pillars. Obviously unfinished. |
KV11 | Ramses III. | 20th dynasty | open since ancient times | also "Bruce's grave" or "Harper's grave" . Several decorated corridors and chambers; Burial chamber with eight columns. |
KV12 | unknown | 18./19. dynasty | before 1739 | Undecorated private grave with different chambers, probably built for several burials. |
KV13 | Bay | 19th dynasty | open since ancient times | Reused for Amunherchepeschef and Prince Montuherchepschef . Long corridor, two chambers, unfinished. |
KV14 | Tausret and Sethnacht | 19./20. dynasty | open since ancient times | Large, decorated complex with two burial chambers, each with eight pillars. |
KV15 | Seti II | 19th dynasty | open since ancient times | Decorated passage, burial chamber with four pillars. |
KV16 | Ramses I. | 19th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (October 1817) | Relatively small, decorated, but unfinished complex. Burial chamber and three side chambers. |
KV17 | Seti I. | 19th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (October 1817) | One of the largest and most beautiful graves. Burial chamber with six pillars. Various halls with two or four pillars. |
KV18 | Ramses X. | 20th dynasty | partially open since ancient times | Consisting only of aisle, unfinished. Decoration badly damaged. |
KV19 | Montuher chief | 20th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1817) | Consisting only of aisle, unfinished. Well preserved decoration. |
KV20 | Thutmose I. and Hatshepsut | 18th dynasty | 1799 | Deep system going into the rock, burial chamber with one pillar, three side chambers. The burial chamber was once decorated with amduat . |
KV21 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (October 18, 1817) | Burial chamber with a pillar, a side chamber, undecorated. Probably a queen's grave. |
KV22 - KV25 | see western valley : WV22 - WV25 | |||
KV26 | unknown | 18th dynasty | probably James Burton (before 1835) | Small undecorated complex, a burial chamber, probably a private grave. |
KV27 | unknown | 18th dynasty | before 1832 | |
KV28 | unknown | 18th dynasty | before 1832 | Undecorated chamber. |
KV29 | unknown | New kingdom | before 1832 | So far unpublished. No information available. |
KV30 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1817) | Known as "Lord Belmore's Grave" |
KV31 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (October 1817) | Unpublished. No information available. |
KV32 | Tiaa | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1898) | |
KV33 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1899) | Two chambers, never fully excavated. |
KV34 | Thutmose III. | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (February 12, 1899) | |
KV35 | Amenhotep II | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (March 9, 1898) | Burial chamber with two pillars and full version of the amduat. Four secondary chambers. |
KV36 | Maiherperi | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (March 1899) | Shaft grave. Simple, undecorated chamber. The grave was robbed in ancient times. |
KV37 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1899) | Staircase, corridor and undecorated chamber. |
KV38 | Thutmose I. | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (March 1899) | Burial chamber with a pillar decorated with amduat. |
KV39 | Amenhotep I (?) | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1899) | Grave with two chambers, each of which can be reached via its own passage. Undecorated. |
KV40 | Relatives of Thutmose IV. And Amenhotep III. | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1899) | The mummies of over 50 people were discovered in this tomb. |
KV41 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Victor Loret (1899) | Shaft that has never been fully excavated. |
KV42 | Meritre Hatshepsut | 18th dynasty | probably Victor Loret (around 1900) | |
KV43 | Thutmose IV. | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (January 18, 1903) | Two decorated rooms; Well chamber; Portico; Burial chamber with six pillars, storage rooms. Restoration in antiquity in the 8th year of the haremhab . |
KV44 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (January 26, 1901) | Simple chamber. It contained an un robbed burial of the Third Intermediate Period. |
KV45 | Userhat | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (February 25, 1902) | Simple undecorated chamber. |
KV46 | Juja and Tuja | 18th dynasty | James E. Quibell (February 5, 1905) | Simple, undecorated chamber. The grave was found only partially robbed. |
KV47 | Siptah | 19th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (December 18, 1905) | |
KV48 | Amenemope | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 1906) | Simple undecorated chamber. |
KV49 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (December 18, 1905) | Staircase to a simple, undecorated chamber, probably unfinished. |
KV50 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 1906) | Animal grave |
KV51 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 1906) | Animal grave |
KV52 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 1906) | Animal grave |
KV53 | unknown | New kingdom | Edward R. Ayrton (1905/1906) | |
KV54 | - | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (December 21, 1907) | Tutankhamun's embalming depot |
KV55 | Akhenaten | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 1907) | confirmed by DNA analysis 2010 |
KV56 | unknown | 19th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (January 5, 1908) | Known as the Gold Tomb (gold grave) |
KV57 | Haremhab | 18th dynasty | Edward R. Ayrton (February 22, 1908) | |
KV58 | unknown | 18th dynasty | E. Harold Jones (1909) | Known as the Chariot Tomb (chariot grave) |
KV59 | unknown | 18th dynasty | ||
KV60 | Sitre-In | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (1903) | simple, undecorated grave, contained two mummies |
KV61 | unknown | New kingdom | E. Harold Jones (1910) | |
KV62 | Tutankhamun | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (November 4, 1922) | Tomb with four chambers of which only the burial chamber is decorated with paintings |
KV63 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Otto Schaden (March 10, 2005) | |
KV64 | unknown and by Nehemes Bastet | 18th Dynasty / 22nd Dynasty | "University of Basel Kings' Valley Project" (2011); Head: Susanne Bickel | Opening January 2012 by the team from the University of Basel; a radar anomaly discovered by Nicholas Reeves was given the same name as a grave entrance discovered by Zahi Hawass in 2008 |
KV65 | - | - | Zahi Hawass (discovered July 2008) | found by radar anomaly, so far unopened |
KVA | see western valley : WVA | |||
KVF | unknown | 18th dynasty | Howard Carter (1921) |
Western valley
Grave no. | Grave owner | Dating | discovery | Remarks |
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WV22 | Amenhotep III | 18th dynasty | before 1799 | Burial chamber with six columns. Various secondary chambers. |
WV23 | Eh | 18th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (winter 1816) | The only grave in the Western Valley that is open to the public. Also known as the monkey grave . |
WV24 | unknown | 18th dynasty | before 1832 | Simple, undecorated and unfinished chamber. |
WV25 | unknown | 18th dynasty | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1817) | Unfinished. Probably for Akhenaten. |
WVA | unknown | 18th dynasty | Karl Richard Lepsius (before February 25, 1845) | Larder of WV22 |
Alternative numbering
- Pococke: Richard Pococke , stay in Thebes 1739
- Description : The Egyptian expedition under Napoléon Bonaparte , 1799, published in the Description de l'Égypte
- Champollion: Jean-François Champollion , Research in Thebes 1829
- Burton: James Burton , excavations from 1825
- Lepsius: Carl Richard Lepsius , Research in Thebes 1844–1845
- Belzoni: Giovanni Battista Belzoni , excavations from 1816
- Hay: Robert Hay , Research in Thebes, 1820s / 1830s
today | Pococke | Description | Champollion | Burton | Lepsius | Belzoni | Hay |
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KV1 | A. | Ier Tombeau à l'ouest | 7th | O | 1 | - | 1 |
KV2 | B (plan A) | IIe Tombeau à l'ouest | 13 | N | 2 | - | 2 |
KV3 | O (plan N) | Ier Tombeau à l'est | 5 | P | 3 | - | 3 |
KV4 | - | IIe Tombeau à l'est | - | Q | 4th | - | 4th |
KV5 | - | Commencement d'excavation or grotte bouchée | - | M. | 5 | - | 8th |
KV6 | N (?) | IIIe Tombeau a l'est | 12 | L. | 6th | - | 9 |
KV7 | C. | Commencement d'excavation ou grotte fermée | 8th | K | 7th | - | 10 |
KV8 | D (plan B) | IIIe Tombeau à l'ouest | - | I. | 8th | - | 14th |
KV9 | E (Plan C) | IVe Tombeau à l'ouest | - | H | 9 | - | 15th |
KV10 | L (plan L) | IVe Tombeau à l'est | 1 | G | 10 | - | 16 |
KV11 | K (plan K) | Ve Tombeau à l'est | - | F. | 11 | - | 17th |
KV12 | F. | - | - | E. | 12 | - | 18th |
KV13 | G(?) | Commencement d'excavation ou grotte fermée | - | D. | - | - | 19th |
KV14 | H (plan G) | Ve Tombeau à l'ouest | 9 | C. | 14th | - | 20th |
KV15 | I (plan H) | VIe Tombeau à l'ouest | 10 | B. | 15th | - | 21st |
KV16 | - | - | 2 | X | 16 | 3 | 11 |
KV17 | - | - | 3 | W. | 17th | 6th | 12 |
KV18 | M (plan M) | Excavation commencée | 4th | U, V | 18th | - | 13 |
KV19 | - | - | 11 | S. | 19th | 5 | 6th |
KV20 | - | Commencement de grotte taillée circulairement dans le rocher | - | R. | 20th | - | 7th |
KV21 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - |
KV22 ( WV22 ) | - | Tombeau isolé de l'ouest | - | a | 22nd | - | - |
KV23 ( WV23 ) | - | - | - | b | 23 | 1 | - |
KV24 ( WV24 ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KV25 ( WV25 ) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
KV26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd |
KV27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KV28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KV29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KV30 | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 23 |
KV31 | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 24 |
See also
literature
- Zahi Hawass , Sandro Vannini: Images of Immortality. The books of the dead from the royal tombs in Thebes. Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-8053-3650-5 .
- Erik Hornung : Valley of the Kings. The resting place of the pharaohs. Weltbild, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89350-741-8 .
- Erik Hornung: The Valley of the Kings. Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-47995-2 .
- Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries. 2nd edition, Griffith Institute, Oxford 1964, Reprint 1999, ISBN 0-900416-10-6 . ( PDF ; 22.3 MB).
- 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 .
- Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson: The Complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson, London 1996, ISBN 0-500-05080-5 .
- Elisabeth Mary Thomas : The Royal Necropoleis of Thebes. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1966.
- Kent R. Weeks , Araldo de Luca: In the Valley of the Kings - Of funerary art and the cult of the dead of the Egyptian rulers. Weltbild, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-8289-0586-2 .
- 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 .
Web links
- Theban Mapping Project: Tomb numbering system in the Valley (English)