KV65 | |
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Burial site of unknown | |
Coordinates | 25°44′27″N 32°36′8″E / 25.74083°N 32.60222°E |
Location | Western Valley of the Kings |
Discovered | 2018 |
Excavated by | Zahi Hawass (2018–22) |
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KV65 is a tomb commencement in the Western Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. It was discovered in 2018 by a team led by the Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and announced in 2019.[1][2] The tomb consists of a sloping rectangular pit of similar proportions to the entrances of royal tombs from the Eighteenth Dynasty. It contained a variety of items consisting of construction tools, pieces of rope, animal bones, leather, pottery, and food remains. It may represent a cache where the remains of a funerary feast and embalming material was buried, similar to KV54, the embalming cache of Tutankhamun.[3]