KV19
Sign in to saveTomb KV19, located in a side branch of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramesses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Pharaoh Ramesses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef instead, the son of Ramesses IX, who predeceased his father. Though incomplete and used "as is," the decoration is considered to be of the highest quality.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV19
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- Mentuherkhepshef
- Egyptian tomb.image
- Tomb KV19 (Kairoinfo4u).jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Prince Mentuherkhepshef presents an offering to Banebdjed in KV19.
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 9 October 1817
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Giovanni Belzoni (1817)Edward R. Ayrton (1906)
- Egyptian tomb.decoration
- Book of the Dead (portions)
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Straight axis
- Egyptian tomb.prev
- KV18
- Egyptian tomb.next
- KV20
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Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramesses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Pharaoh Ramesses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef instead, the son of Ramesses IX, who predeceased his father. Though incomplete and used "as is," the decoration is considered to be of the highest quality.
==Location and layout== thumb|View of the entrance of KV19 The tomb is located under the cliffs on the eastern side of the Valley of the Kings, between the tombs of Thutmose IV (KV43) and Hatshepsut (KV20).