| QV68 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of Meritamen | |
 Painting of Meritamen, based on line drawing by Lepsius of scene in QV 68 | |
| Location | Valley of the Queens |
| Layout | A hall, a side chamber and a burial chamber |
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QV68 is the tomb of Meritamen, the daughter and Great Wife of Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was mentioned by Champollion and Lepsius, and later excavated by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin).
Lepsius gives a short description of this tomb. In his list this is tomb number 12.[1]
- ^ Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien nach den Zeichnungen der von Seiner Majestät dem Koenige von Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., nach diesen Ländern gesendeten, und in den Jahren 1842–1845 ausgeführten wissenschaftlichen Expedition auf Befehl Seiner Majestät. 13 vols. Berlin: Nicolaische Buchhandlung. (Reprinted Genève: Éditions de Belles-Lettres, 1972)