KV61
Sign in to saveTomb KV61 is an unused tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. It was discovered by Harold Jones, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis, in January 1910. The tomb consists of an irregularly-cut room at the bottom of a shaft. It was apparently unused and undecorated, thus its intended owner is unknown.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV61
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- nothing (unused)
- Egyptian tomb.image
- KV61.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Schematic of the unfinished KV61
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- January 1910
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Harold Jones (1910) University of Basel (2017–18)
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Shaft and chamber
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- KV60
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Luxor
- Location
- Valley of the Kings
- Image
- KV61.jpg
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- Commons category
- KV61
- culture
- Ancient Egypt
- described at URL
- thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV60-61_0.pdf
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Discovery and clearance
- Re-clearance
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tomb KV61 is an unused tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. It was discovered by Harold Jones, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis, in January 1910. The tomb consists of an irregularly-cut room at the bottom of a shaft. It was apparently unused and undecorated, thus its intended owner is unknown.
==Discovery and clearance== Upon discovery, Jones' hopes were high, as the shaft fill appeared undisturbed, and the doorway was securely sealed. Removing the blocking, the chamber was revealed to be half-filled with "water sodden" debris. The excavation ultimately yielded nothing: Hopeful of finding some evidence of the owner of the tomb... work was carefully proceeded with til ever corner of the tomb was bare and bare were the results – for never even a potsherd was found.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KV61” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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