Tomb KV5 is a subterranean, rock-cut tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It belonged to the sons of Ramesses II. Though KV5 was partially excavated as early as 1825, its true extent was discovered in 1995 by Kent R. Weeks and his exploration team. The tomb is now known to be the largest in the Valley of the Kings.

2021年12月21日 · Easily the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings, with over 120 chambers and corridors, KV 5 was the burial place of at least four royal sons of Rameses II. Using geophysical equipment and old-fashioned archaeological digging, the Theban Mapping Project found the entrance to KV 5 in 1987, after a week of exploration.

2024年4月20日 · It is known that six of Ramesses II’s sons were buried in KV5, but there may have been many more as there are inscriptions on the tomb’s walls that mention twenty of the royal princes. One of the skeletons found is believed to be that of Prince Amun-her-khepeshef, who was the firstborn son of Ramesses the Great and his beloved Queen Nefertari.

2016年6月14日 · The tomb named KV5 is located only 70 meters (230 ft) from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Its existence had been known about for over a century but its location remained elusive. The first person who tried to find it was James …

KV5 is more than just a tomb. Okay, sure it’s a subterranean, rock-cut tomb in the Valley of the Kings, that belonged to the sons of Ramesses II. But it’s also one of the biggest discoveries since King Tut’s tomb in 1922.

Egyptologists believe that these lines, from a papyrus now in the Turin Museum, refer to a tomb that lay near the tomb of Rameses II (KV 7) in the Valley of the Kings. The only tomb in the vicinity to which it might refer is thought to be KV 5, which lies about 40 m to the northeast of KV 7.

Pillared chamber 3 is the largest chamber found to date in KV 5 and one of the largest known from the Valley of the Kings. Its flat ceiling is supported by sixteen pillars, a number not equalled in any other tomb in the Valley. Seven gates lead through its …

KV 5 is the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It was originally an 18th dynasty tomb, later used and enlarged several times by Ramses II. The tomb continues to be excavated. 121 rooms and corridors have been discovered, although it seems possible that they could reach 150.

2005年7月7日 · KV5 – which is tomb number five in the Valley of the Kings, is by far the largest tomb yet discovered in the valley: yet who built it, who was meant to be buried there, and why was it erected? Although the entrance has long been known, it was thought to be small and insignificant, and it was only in 1995 that Kent Weeks, professor at the ...

2001年5月28日 · In 1987, American Egyptologist Dr. Kent Weeks uncovered the entrance of what was initiallydeemed an unimportant tomb called KV5, which is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. In the...