KV60
Sign in to saveTomb KV60 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903, and re-excavated by Donald P. Ryan in 1989. It is one of the more perplexing tombs of the Theban Necropolis, due to the uncertainty over the identity of one female mummy found there (KV60A). She is identified by some, such as Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas, to be that of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut; this identification is advocated for by Zahi Hawass.
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- KV60
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- Sitre In and possibly Hatshepsut
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- Schematic of KV60
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 1903
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Howard Carter (1903)Edward R. Ayrton (1906)Donald P. Ryan (1989)
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- Straight axis
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- Layout
- Discovery and investigations
- Re-excavation
- Mummies
- KV60A
- KV60B
- References
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Tomb KV60 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903, and re-excavated by Donald P. Ryan in 1989. It is one of the more perplexing tombs of the Theban Necropolis, due to the uncertainty over the identity of one female mummy found there (KV60A). She is identified by some, such as Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas, to be that of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut; this identification is advocated for by Zahi Hawass.
==Layout== This small, uninscribed tomb is located approximately in front of the entrance of the tomb of Mentuherkhepshef (KV19). It consists of a rough, steep, flight of stairs leading to a doorway blocked with large stones. A pair of niches are cut into the wall just inside the entrance. A straight passage that is about long descends to a low, roughly cut chamber which measures about high. A small side chamber branches off about halfway down the descending corridor.