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thumb|left|100px|Entrance to Tomb KV15 Tomb KV15, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Seti II of the Nineteenth Dynasty. The tomb was dug into the base of a near-vertical cliff face at the head of a wadi running southwest from the main part of the Valley of the Kings. It runs along a northwest-to-southeast axis, comprising a short entry corridor followed by three corridor segments, which terminate in a well room that lacks a well, which was never dug. This then connects with a four-pillared hall and another stretch of corridor that was converted into

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Egyptian tomb.name
KV15
Egyptian tomb.owner
Seti II
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KV15 Tomb of Seti II (9794913296).jpg
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KV15 (photo taken in June 2002)
Egyptian tomb.location
East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date
Open in antiquity
Egyptian tomb.excavated
Howard Carter (1903–1904)
Egyptian tomb.decoration
Anubis jackals and followers of Ra and Osiris; Nut; Litany of Re' Amduat; Book of Gates.
Egyptian tomb.layout
Straight axis
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thumb|left|100px|Entrance to Tomb KV15 Tomb KV15, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Seti II of the Nineteenth Dynasty. The tomb was dug into the base of a near-vertical cliff face at the head of a wadi running southwest from the main part of the Valley of the Kings. It runs along a northwest-to-southeast axis, comprising a short entry corridor followed by three corridor segments, which terminate in a well room that lacks a well, which was never dug. This then connects with a four-pillared hall and another stretch of corridor that was converted into a burial chamber.

The walls and ceiling of the chamber were covered with plaster and painted with Anubis jackals and two rows of deities, representing the followers of Ra and Osiris, which are placed over a lower row of mummy-like figures. The winged goddess Nut appears along the length of the ceiling and what may be a representation of the Ba of Ra is painted above her head. The paintings are conventional depictions drawn from the Egyptian Litany of Re, Amduat and the Book of Gates. Wall paintings in the well room are more unusual showing the king in shrines in a number of different manifestations; for instance on the back of a panther or on a papyrus skiff. The objects shown in the paintings are reflected in the finds made in the tomb of Tutankhamun. thumb|upright=1.2|KV15 schematic

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