Name: KV8
Address: EG

What the sources say

Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.

The burial chamber, located at the end of 160 metres of corridor, originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi. The outer one of these was so voluminous that parts of the corridor had to have their doorjambs demolished and rebuilt to allow it to be brought in. These jambs were then rebuilt with the help of inscribed sandstone blocks which were then fixed into place with dovetail cramps.

The pillars in Chamber F were removed to allow passage of the sarcophagus, only two were replaced. The other two pillars may have been stolen by Paneb, a worker in the craftsman's village (Deir el-Medina), for use in his own tomb.

During the Third Intermediate Period, Merenptah's mummy was relocated to the mummy cache in DB320. His outer sarcophagus was smashed to retrieve the middle sarcophagus for reuse by Psusennes I in his own tomb in Tanis. The inner sarcophagus was left intact.

Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. It is catalogued as a rock-cut tomb in Egypt, and the text available for it is brief.

The burial chamber lies at the end of 160 metres of corridor and originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi. The outer one was so voluminous that parts of the corridor had to have their doorjambs demolished and rebuilt to allow it to be brought in. The jambs were then rebuilt with the help of inscribed sandstone blocks fixed into place with dovetail cramps.

The pillars in Chamber F were removed to allow passage of the sarcophagus, and only two were replaced. The other two may have been stolen by Paneb, a worker in the craftsman's village of Deir el-Medina, for use in his own tomb.