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Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI , later reused the tomb as his own. The architectural layout is typical of the 20th Dynasty – the Ramesside period – and is much simpler than that of Ramesses III 's tomb ( KV11 ).
KV9: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Ramesses V [d] Also known as the Tomb of Memnon or La Tombe de la Métempsychose. KV10: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Amenmesse: While intended for him, there is no direct evidence that Amenmesse was ever buried at this tomb. KV11: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Ramesses III: Also referred to as Bruce's Tomb, The Harper's Tomb. KV12
Original – Passage of the tomb KV9 of the pharaohs Ramesses V and Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. In the image the first hall, also called pillared hall, is depicted; a double scene of Osiris (God of fertility) is visible in the middle, above the ramp descending to the second corridor.
Ramesses VI usurped KV9, a tomb in the Valley of the Kings planned by and for Ramesses V, and had it enlarged and redecorated for himself. The craftsmen's huts near the entrance of KV9 covered up the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb , saving it from a wave of tomb robberies that occurred within 20 years of Ramesses VI's death.
The tomb is located in a side valley that runs towards the tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35.The valley is formed by two rocky promontories. On the northern side are the tombs KV12 and KV9; the southern side had not been investigated and "presented to the eye a surface level of loose rubbish, unbroken by depressions."
The tomb was one of about eleven tombs open to early travelers. KV2 contains the second-highest number of ancient graffiti within it (after KV9), with 656 individual graffiti left by both Ancient Greek and Roman visitors. [8] This tomb also contains around 50 or so examples of Coptic graffiti, mostly sketched onto the right wall by the ...
Tombs in the Valley of the Kings are assigned a numerical KV (for Kings' Valley) or WV (for West Valley) designation in the order of their discovery. Besides these numbered tombs there is also a series of pits and possible tomb commencements, ordered in an alphabetical sequence from WVA (actually a small tomb) to KVT although the exact number of these pits, and in many cases their location, is ...
Ramesses IV was the first to use Book of Caverns in his tomb. The first (and last) almost complete copy in the Valley of the Kings is the version in the tomb of Ramesses VI. Here it appears opposite the Book of Gates in the front of the tomb, similar to the layout in the Osireion. The passages of the book were written all over the walls of the ...