KV20

The tomb Kv 20 in the Valley of the kings, in the Necropolis thebaine on western bank of the the Nile vis-a-vis Louxor in Egypt, was probably the first tomb built in the Vallée. It was the initial place of burial of Hatchepsout and its father Thoutmôsis {{Ier}}. The tomb was identified at the time of the French forwarding in Egypt, then by Giovanni Belzoni and James Burton which tried to release it first once in 1828. He was excavated for the first time in his entirety by Howard Carter in 1903.

The tomb has a single form, being rolled up and turning downwards since the entry so that the funerary room is 97 Mètre S under surface. The body of Thoutmôsis 1st was moved by Thoutmôsis {{III}} in the tomb KV38.

The body of Hatchepsout remained untraceable, until June 27th, 2007, where Zahi Hawass, announces that one of the two mummies discovered in 1903 in the tomb KV60 would be that of the queen-Pharaon.

References

  • Nicolas Reeves & R.H. Wilkinson, The Supplements Valley off the Kings , Thames and Hudson, London, 1996

  • Alberto Siliotti, Guide to the Valley off the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples , A.A. Gaddis, Cairo, 1996

External bonds

  • 814 + 20}} .html Description of Kv 20 on Theban Mapping Project.

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