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The tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC), a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. It is smaller and less extensively decorated than other Egyptian royal tombs of its time ...
TUT (62A: Boy king of ancient Egypt) and TOMB (5D: Burial place for 62-Across) The pharaoh Tutankhamun is commonly referred to as King TUT. Ruling in the 1300s B.C.E., King TUT was nine years old ...
The Valley of the Kings, [a] also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, [b] [2] is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles under the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
The pharaohs of Dynasty XVIII ruled for approximately 250 years (c. 1550–1298 BC). The dates and names in the table are taken from Dodson and Hilton. [19] Many of the pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings in Thebes (designated KV). More information can be found on the Theban Mapping Project website. [20]
A piece of jewelry recovered from Tutankhamen's tomb was exhibited in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, on Oct. 22, 2007. The pectoral, probably designed to be worn on the breast, displays solar and ...
The tomb, located about 1.5 miles west of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, was described as relatively empty and in poor shape after suffering flood damage that took place shortly after King ...
Also known as Belzoni's tomb, the tomb of Apis, or the tomb of Psammis, son of Necho. KV18: 20th Dynasty Antiquity Ramesses X: While this tomb was intended for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses X, it was apparently abandoned while still incomplete. KV19: 20th Dynasty 1817 Ramesses VIII [g] KV20 [11] 18th Dynasty 1799 Thutmose I & Hatshepsut [h]
The mummy of King Thutmose II, who ruled during the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is seen on display in a file photo provided by the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.