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.

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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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