This tomb was found by Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard
Carter in 1914, at the head of a small lateral valley of the ravine at the
extreme northern end of the Theban necropolis, above " Dra Abu el-Naga
" .
From the point of view of history, this tomb is the most important in
the valley, as it was the one which set the fashion of such interments . It
lies on the west side of the valley close to the tomb of Tausert and Setnakht (
KV14 ) and between it and that of Seti II ( KV15 ) .
This tomb lies westwards from the central area of the valley, the path
to it leading past the tombs of Amenmesses ( KV10 ) and Ramses III ( KV11 ), on
the left, and that of Haremhab ( KV57 ) on the right .