KV7

KV7
Burial site of Ramesses II
Entrance to the fourth corridor of KV7
KV7 is located in Egypt
KV7
KV7
Coordinates25°44′26.3″N 32°36′5.61″E / 25.740639°N 32.6015583°E / 25.740639; 32.6015583
LocationEast Valley of the Kings
DiscoveredOpen in antiquity
Excavated byHenry Salt
Jean-François Champollion (1829)
Carl Lepsius (1844-45)
Theodore Davis and Harry Burton (1913–14)
Howard Carter (1917–1921)
Christian Leblanc [fr] (1991)
DecorationBook of Gates
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Amduat
Litany of Ra
Book of the Dead
Opening of the Mouth[1]
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Tomb KV7 was the tomb of Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great"), an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Nineteenth Dynasty.

It is located in the Valley of the Kings opposite the tomb of his sons, KV5, and near to the tomb of his son and successor Merenptah, KV8.

  1. ^ Christian Leblanc. "The Tomb of Ramesses II and Remains of His Funerary Treasure". Archived from the original on 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2006-12-04.