| KV49 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of unknown | |
 Schematic of the unfinished KV49 | |
  KV49 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′23.4″N 32°36′02.3″E / 25.739833°N 32.600639°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | January 1906 |
| Excavated by | Edward R. Ayrton |
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Tomb KV49, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt is a typical Eighteenth Dynasty corridor tomb. It was the first of a series of tombs discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton in the course of his excavations on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. The tomb was abandoned before it was completed, and the work was halted as the stairwell in the single chamber was being cut. It was probably used as a store for royal linen,[1] or was used as a mummy-restoration area in the later New Kingdom.[2]
- ^ Reeves, Nicholas; Wilkinson, Richard H. (1996). The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs (2010 paperback ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-500-28403-2.
- ^ Reeves, C. N. (1990). Valley of the Kings: Decline of a royal necropolis. London: Kegan Paul International. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0-7103-0368-8.