KV43
Sign in to saveTomb KV43 is the burial place of Thutmose IV, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. He was interred with two of his children who predeceased him. The tomb has a dog-leg shape, typical of the layout of early Eighteenth dynasty tombs. KV43 was rediscovered in 1903 by Howard Carter, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV43
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- Thutmose IV
- Egyptian tomb.image
- Tomb Wall decorations from KV43.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Thutmose receives life from, in turn, Osiris, Anubis, and Hathor (wall decoration in KV43)
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- January 1903
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Howard Carter
- Egyptian tomb.decoration
- Thutmose before Osiris, Anubis, and Hathor
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Bent to the left
- Egyptian tomb.prev
- KV42
- Egyptian tomb.next
- KV44
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Burial and restoration
- Discovery and excavation
- Architecture
- Contents
- Decoration
- Gallery
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- External links
Tomb KV43 is the burial place of Thutmose IV, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. He was interred with two of his children who predeceased him. The tomb has a dog-leg shape, typical of the layout of early Eighteenth dynasty tombs. KV43 was rediscovered in 1903 by Howard Carter, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis.
==History== ===Burial and restoration=== Thutmose IV ruled as pharaoh during the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He was interred in tomb KV43 in the Valley of the Kings with two of his children who died before him, Prince Amenemhat and Princess Tentamun.