KV (Egypt)
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KV is an acronym employed by Egyptologists to designate tombs located in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt.
Deriving from the words "King's Valley", the system was established by John Gardiner Wilkinson in 1821. Each tomb in the Valley of the Kings has since been allocated a sequential 'KV number' to aid identification.
The best-known examples are KV5 (the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, the biggest in the Valley) and KV62 (the tomb of Tutankhamun: the last tomb to be discovered, with the highest KV number to date).
See also
External links
- Tomb Numbering Systems in the Valley (http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/articles/article_4.3.html) – an informative article relevant to this entry, courtesy of the Theban Mapping Project