KV9 – Tomb of Ramses V and Ramses VI .. Part ( 8 )

This tomb was begun for Ramses V, whose full titulary may be given here, together with that of Ramses VI, who usurped his tomb, as an example of the ridiculous titularies of these Ramesside Pharaoh, the length of whose names was in inverse proportion to the strength of their reigns .

KV8 – Tomb of Merneptah .. Part ( 7 )

This tomb lies on the right, away from the interesting group which includes the tomb of Tutankhamun and other famous sepulchers .

KV1 to KV7 .. Tombs in the Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 6 )

KV1 – Tomb of Ramses VII

This tomb lies on the right-hand side of the road, in a little valley which leads westwards from a point before the barrier at the entrance to the valley is reached .

Historical notes .. Decoration & The funerary texts of the royal tombs at The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 5 )

It will at once be noticed that the decoration of the royal tombs is of a totally different type from that with which we have become familiar in the mastabas of the Old Kingdom, and the rock-tombs of the Middle Kingdom, or that which we shall shortly see in the mortuary chapels of the Theban nobles .

Historical notes .. The most important tombs at The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 4 )

With the story of the finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun the modern history of the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings closes for the present, though we have no warrant for the belief that the interruption is more than a temporary one .

Historical notes about discovery some tombs at The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 3 )

A few years later ( 1898 ) Victor Loret, acting on information secretly supplied from native sources, discovered the tomb of Amenhotep II, which is now No. 35 in the valley . It had been plundered ;

Historical notes about The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 2 )

It will be noticed that the general rule is that the earlier tombs in the valley, in accordance with what was the essence of the plan, are on the whole inconspicuous, as regards their outward aspect and entrance, compared with the later ones .

Historical notes about The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 1 )

" We came to a part that is wider ", says Richard Pococke, the early Eastern traveler, writing in 1743 of his visit to the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings ( KV ), " being a round opening like an amphitheatre, and ascended by a narrow step passage about ten feet high, which seems to have been broken down thro' the rock … By this passage we came to Biban el-Meluke, or Bab el-Meluke, that is, the gate or court of the kings, being the sepulchers of the Kings of Thebes " .