KV52

Tomb KV52 is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. It was discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. Together with KV50 and KV51 it forms the group known as the 'Animal Tombs'. It contained a mummified monkey and is probably associated with the nearby tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35).

The tomb lies on the same rocky promontory as KV49, on the south side of the valley that leads towards KV35, cut at a slightly higher level than KV49 and near KV50 and KV51. It was the third in the cluster of three tombs Ayrton found in his methodical clearance of this part of the valley. The entrance was buried under 6 feet (1.8 m) of debris.

A shaft 9.6 feet (2.9 m) deep opens onto a single chamber measuring 8 by 5 feet (2.4 m × 1.5 m). Ayrton found the tomb 'absolutely empty except for two boxes, one of which was almost double the size of the other.' Both were black and entirely undecorated. The larger contained the mummy of a monkey, lying unwrapped amongst its wrappings. The smaller was a canopic chest, divided internally into four compartments.

In the winter of 2009–2010, a team led by Zahi Hawass and Ahmed el-Leithy tried to relocate tombs KV50, KV51, KV52 and KV53. They uncovered Eighteenth Dynasty blue painted pottery, tools and hieratic and figured ostraca, including a sketch of a seated queen presenting an offering, as well as cartouches of Ramesses II.

The tomb is located on the same rocky promontory as KV49, on the south side of the valley that leads towards KV35; it is cut at a slightly higher level than KV49 and is located near to KV50 and KV51. KV52 was the third in this cluster of three tombs discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in his methodical clearance of this part of the valley on behalf of Theodore Davis. He found the entrance to be buried under 6 feet (1.8 m) of debris.

The tomb consists of a shaft 9.6 feet (2.9 m) deep that opens onto a single chamber measuring 8 by 5 feet (2.4 m × 1.5 m). Ayrton found the tomb to be "absolutely empty except for two boxes, one of which was almost double the size of the other." Both were black and entirely undecorated. The larger box contained the mummy of a monkey, lying unwrapped amongst its wrappings. The smaller box was a canopic chest, as it was divided internally into four compartments.