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KV10 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, near the modern Egyptian city of Luxor. It was cut and decorated for the burial of Pharaoh Amenmesse of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, although there is no proof that he was actually buried here.
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The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.
The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
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KV10
Later, the original decoration was replaced with scenes for Takhat and Baketwernel, two royal women dating to the late 20th Dynasty.
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Later, the original decoration was replaced with scenes for Takhat and Baketwernel, two royal women dating to the late 20th Dynasty.
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The tomb was visited by Richard Pococke, Jean-François Champollion and Karl Richard Lepsius, and briefly studied by Edward R. Ayrton. It was properly examined in 1992 by a team from the University of Memphis in the United States under Otto Schaden.
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Rock-cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes, were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom over a period of nearly 500 years, from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasty. The Valley became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 with the rest of the Theban Necropolis.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Rock-cut tombs of Egypt
Egypt has some of the best-known rock-cut tombs in the world. In the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes, tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasty. The valley has two main sections, the East Valley where most royal tombs lie and the West Valley, known as the Valley of the Monkeys, and it is known to contain 65 tombs and chambers. It gained great attention after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 with the rest of the Theban Necropolis.
Much earlier, Beni Hasan in Middle Egypt is an ancient funerary site cut into the limestone cliffs on the east bank of the Nile about 20 kilometres south of Minya. In the Middle Kingdom it was the principal cemetery of the sixteenth nome of Upper Egypt, the Oryx nome, and its monumental tombs were cut roughly halfway up the cliff, overlooking the valley. Rock-cut tombs are also found at Deir el-Medina, between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.
The mastaba is a different tradition: a flat-roofed rectangular tomb with sloping sides, built of mudbrick or limestone, which marked the burial sites of eminent Egyptians in the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom. The mastaba was built above ground and the rock-cut tomb into the cliff.
Egyptian tombs are among the best dated monuments in the Atlas, because the dynasty or reign of the king or noble who owned them is known.
When visiting, remember that access to many tombs is limited.
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Dated moments in the story
- 1992
Ayrton before being properly examined by a team from the University of Memphis in the United States under Otto Schaden in 1992.
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What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 1539–1075 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for hypogeums in Egypt; this site has not been dated itself. The Valley was used for primary burials from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Egypt
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 25°44′24″ N, 32°36′05″ EFor a GPS or map app: 25.74009, 32.60140
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
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Sources
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- 01Wikidata Q576793wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
- 03Wikipedia: KV10en.wikipedia.org
Image files
- Tal der Könige.jpgRolfcosarCC BY-SA 4.0
- Valley of the Kings panorama (450021688).jpgEndlisnisCC BY 2.0
- King valley.jpgDmitri tissotCC BY-SA 4.0
- Valle de los reyes-2007 (2).JPGAlberto-g-roviCC BY-SA 3.0
- Baketourel Ire.jpgLegosimCC BY-SA 3.0
- Valley of the Kings 3.jpgZezinho68CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thebes, Luxor, Egypt, Valley of the Kings from above.jpgVyacheslav ArgenbergCC BY 4.0
- Királyok völgye (keleti völgy középső részének sírjai).jpgKingtut at Hungarian WikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0
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