KV 62 — Tomb of Tutankhamun

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Dynasty 18 · Reign of Tutankhamun

Valley of the Kings, Western Thebes

Owner: Tutankhamun, King

Discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

Colour photograph of a painted burial chamber with yellow walls. A row of standing figures with hieroglyphs and cartouches runs along the right wall, with baboon panels at the far left, and a stone sarcophagus lid fills the lower left.

Burial chamber of KV 62 with the sarcophagus

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Black-and-white photograph of two men in the foreground, one in a white shirt at left and one in a jacket and tie at right, leaning over a flat object and holding a long thin board. Shelves with boxes or books are in the background.

Howard Carter and Arthur Callender in Tutankhamun's tomb

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Colour photograph of the corner of a painted chamber with yellow walls. Rows of seated baboons with hieroglyphs fill the left wall, with a boat carrying a beetle and standing figures above, and a figure in a white wrapped garment embraces a standing figure in a striped headcloth on the right. A glass-topped case is at the bottom right.

Inside Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, 18th dynasty

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Colour photograph of a yellow painted wall with a top register showing a boat with a beetle and two kneeling figures, and five standing figures. Below are rows of seated baboons, each with hieroglyphs, and a small recess at the lower right.

Painted wall with baboons

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Colour photograph of a yellow painted wall, cropped. A top register shows a boat with a beetle and two kneeling figures, and five standing figures. Rows of seated baboons with hieroglyphs fill the lower part, with a small recess near the bottom.

Painted wall with baboons (cropped)

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Colour photograph of a yellow painted wall in straight view. A top register shows a boat with a beetle and two kneeling figures, and five standing figures, with three rows of four seated baboons and hieroglyphs below.

Painted wall with baboons (straightened view)

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Colour photograph of a yellow painted wall with a row of standing figures, a white-wrapped figure in a tall crown at left, figures in headcloths and wigs, and a figure in a leopard-skin garment at right. A stone sarcophagus lid fills the lower left.

Burial chamber wall with standing figures

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Colour photograph of a corner of a painted chamber with a stone slab and wooden railing in front. The left wall has rows of seated baboons, the right wall has a row of standing figures with an ankh and a mace, with hieroglyphs above.

Burial chamber corner

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Colour photograph of a painted yellow wall with a row of standing figures, among them a white-wrapped figure in a tall crown and a figure in a leopard-skin garment with an offering stand. A stone slab covers the lower left and a cracked ceiling is above.

Burial chamber wall, wide view

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Colour photograph of a painted chamber with a stone sarcophagus lid in the foreground. On the right wall a row of standing figures and hieroglyphs, and on the left wall rows of seated baboons.

Burial chamber corner with sarcophagus lid

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Colour photograph of a painted yellow wall with a row of standing figures, hieroglyph columns and cartouches above, and a stone slab on a wooden base in the lower left. The left wall shows baboons in rows.

Burial chamber wall and sarcophagus

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Colour photograph of a corner of the painted burial chamber under a pale rough ceiling. Rows of seated baboons cover the left wall, a row of standing figures covers the right wall, and the stone sarcophagus lid and its box stand in the foreground.

Burial chamber corner with the sarcophagus

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Colour photograph looking up at a stained pale rock ceiling, with the top of two painted yellow walls below showing a boat scene, five standing figures, baboons and a row of figures with hieroglyphs.

Burial chamber ceiling and painted walls

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Colour photograph of the corner of the painted burial chamber. The left wall shows a boat, standing figures and rows of seated baboons, the right wall shows figures embracing, and a stone sarcophagus lid is at the lower right.

Burial chamber, baboon wall and standing figures

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Colour photograph of the painted burial chamber corner, taken over a wooden railing. The left wall shows baboon panels, the right wall shows standing figures, and the stone sarcophagus lid lies in the foreground.

Burial chamber corner seen past a railing

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Colour photograph of an outdoor information panel headed "KV 62 Historical Views" in English and Arabic. It carries a text column, a small plan and seven black-and-white archive photographs, with an Arabic text panel below.

Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views

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Colour photograph of an outdoor information panel headed "KV 62 Recent History" in English and Arabic, with a text column, a cutaway plan and black-and-white photographs, and an Arabic panel below. It stands on a frame above a heap of loose stones.

Information panel, KV 62 Recent History

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Colour photograph of a brown wooden sign on a stone wall reading "Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun No: 62" in English with Arabic text above. A person's hand points at its lower left corner.

Wooden sign, Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun No. 62

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Colour photograph of wooden bows and arrows set on angled clear acrylic supports inside a glass case, with a small label at the lower left and reflections of visitors in the glass.

Royal bows from the tomb of Tutankhamun - Luxor Museum

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Black-and-white photograph of a crowd of men and women in hats, fezzes and headscarves, some holding parasols, standing behind a stone wall around a pit. A tent is behind them, and people in dark suits and chairs are in the pit below.

Tourists outside Tutankhamun's tomb, February 1923

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Colour photograph of a painted wall. A group of men in white kilts and headbands pull on a rope toward a boat-borne shrine with a canopy at the right, with hieroglyphs above them. The wall is covered with dark spots.

Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber procession

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Colour photograph of a straight-on view of a painted wall. A group of men in white kilts and headbands pull on a rope toward a boat-borne shrine with a canopy at the right, with hieroglyphic columns above.

Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber procession (skewed)

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Colour photograph of a wooden figure in a gold striped head cloth and collar with a rearing snake, arms crossed over its chest, holding a crook and flail. Hieroglyphs are inscribed down the lower body against a dark background.

Ushabti of Tutankhamun (KV62)

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Colour photograph of an outdoor information panel headed "KV 62 Tutankhamen" with Arabic text above. It carries a table of period, discovery, significance and decoration, an isometric plan of the tomb and six black-and-white photographs.

Information panel, KV 62 Tutankhamen

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Colour photograph of an information panel headed "KV 62 Historical Views" in English and Arabic, with a text column, a small plan and seven numbered black-and-white photographs.

Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views

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Colour photograph of an information panel headed "KV 62 Historical Views" in English and Arabic, with an Arabic text panel below, set against a stone wall.

Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views (portrait view)

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Colour photograph of an outdoor information panel headed "KV 62 Recent History" in English and Arabic, with text, a cutaway plan and black-and-white photographs, above an Arabic text panel. It stands on a frame in front of a rough stone wall and a heap of pebbles.

Information panel, KV 62 Recent History (portrait view)

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Grey diagram with a 3D isometric view of the tomb rooms at the top, a labelled plan in the middle and a side-profile section below, with measurements in metres. A faint watermark crosses the image.

Isometric view, plan and sections of KV 62

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Colour photograph of the painted burial chamber taken from above a railing. The left wall shows a boat and rows of seated baboons, the right wall shows standing figures with a white-wrapped figure at the left, and a stone sarcophagus lid fills the lower right.

Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber and sarcophagus

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Sources

  1. [1] Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L. B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Vol. I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2: Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. — KV 62
  2. [2] Reeves, Nicholas. The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure. London: Thames and Hudson, 1990.
  3. [3] Theban Mapping Project. Database of the tombs of the Theban Necropolis. — KV 62
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History

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    Image added: Burial chamber of KV 62 with the sarcophagus

    Image added: Howard Carter and Arthur Callender in Tutankhamun's tomb

    Image added: Inside Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, 18th dynasty

    Image added: Painted wall with baboons

    Image added: Painted wall with baboons (cropped)

    Image added: Painted wall with baboons (straightened view)

    Image added: Burial chamber wall with standing figures

    Image added: Burial chamber corner

    Image added: Burial chamber wall, wide view

    Image added: Burial chamber corner with sarcophagus lid

    Image added: Burial chamber wall and sarcophagus

    Image added: Burial chamber corner with the sarcophagus

    Image added: Burial chamber ceiling and painted walls

    Image added: Burial chamber, baboon wall and standing figures

    Image added: Burial chamber corner seen past a railing

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Recent History

    Image added: Wooden sign, Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun No. 62

    Image added: Royal bows from the tomb of Tutankhamun - Luxor Museum

    Image added: Tourists outside Tutankhamun's tomb, February 1923

    Image added: Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber procession

    Image added: Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber procession (skewed)

    Image added: Ushabti of Tutankhamun (KV62)

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Tutankhamen

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Historical Views (portrait view)

    Image added: Information panel, KV 62 Recent History (portrait view)

    Image added: Isometric view, plan and sections of KV 62

    Image added: Tutankhamun KV62 burial chamber and sarcophagus

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