KV40
Sign in to saveTomb KV40 is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. Artifacts from the tomb attribute it to 18th Dynasty royal family members, though human remains from the later 22nd Dynasty were interred. Although the tomb was excavated by Victor Loret in 1899, no report was published.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.image
- KV40.png
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV40
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- 18th Dynasty royal family members
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Floorplan of KV40. The caption reads, "approximate plan of KV40" in Italian.
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 1899
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Victor Loret (1899)University of Basel
- Egyptian tomb.decoration
- Undecorated
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Shaft and chamber(s)
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- KV39
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 3.57
- Image
- KV40.png
- Length
- 2.24
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1899-00-00
- described at URL
- thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV40-41_1.pdf
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Tomb KV40 is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. Artifacts from the tomb attribute it to 18th Dynasty royal family members, though human remains from the later 22nd Dynasty were interred. Although the tomb was excavated by Victor Loret in 1899, no report was published.
Excavations in 2014 revealed the remains of at least 50 minor royalty in several chambers. While the tomb was looted several times in antiquity and at the end of the nineteenth century, it still contains many fragments of funerary equipment, such as wooden and cartonnage coffins and textiles.
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