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  2. KV2 - Wikipedia

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    Ramesses IV ascended the throne late in life, and to ensure that he would have a sizable tomb (during what would be a relatively brief reign of about six years), he doubled the size of the existing work gangs at Deir el-Medina to a total of 120 men. [4] Though sizable, KV2 has been described as "simplistic" in its design and decoration. [5]

  3. KV4 - Wikipedia

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    KV4 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings . The tomb was initiated for the burial of Ramesses XI but it is likely that its construction was abandoned and it was not used for Ramesses's interment. It also seems likely that Pinedjem I intended to usurp this tomb for his own burial, but that he too abandoned the plan.

  4. Ramesses IV - Wikipedia

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    Ramesses IV's highest known date in the archaeological records is a Year 7, III Akhet day 23 ostracon [24] which, under the Egyptian dating system, meant that this ruler had a reign of just more than 6 full years. After a short reign of about six and a half years, Ramesses IV died and was buried in tomb KV2 in the Valley of the Kings.

  5. Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Ramesses expanded his father's Temple of Khonsu at Karnak and possibly began his own mortuary temple at a site near the Temple of Hatshepsut. Another smaller temple is associated with Ramesses north of Medinet Habu. Ramesses IV saw issues with the provision of food rations to his workmen, similar to the situation under his father.

  6. Book of Gates - Wikipedia

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    Ra traveling through the underworld in his barque, from the copy of the Book of Gates in the tomb of Ramses I . Part of a scene of the fourth hour of the Book of the Gates from KV, tomb of Rameses IV. The text was not named by the Egyptians. It was named by French Egyptologist Gaston Maspero who called it 'Livre des Portes' (Book of Gates).

  7. KV9 - Wikipedia

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    Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI , later reused the tomb as his own. The architectural layout is typical of the 20th Dynasty – the Ramesside period – and is much simpler than that of Ramesses III 's tomb ( KV11 ).

  8. KV11 - Wikipedia

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    Tomb KV11 is the tomb of Pharaoh Ramesses III. It is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was originally started by Setnakhte, but abandoned when it unintentionally broke into the earlier tomb of Amenmesse . Setnakhte was buried in KV14. The tomb KV11 was later restarted and extended and on a different axis for ...

  9. QV44 - Wikipedia

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    QV44 is one of several tombs located in the Valley of the Queens intended for the use of Ramesses III's sons. The painted reliefs decorating Khaemwaset E's tomb illustrate his ritual and symbolic journey in the Afterlife as he meets the main gods of that region as well as the genies who guard the gates of the kingdom of Osiris.