Tomb KV20 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was possibly the first tomb to be constructed in the valley. It was the original burial place of Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose I. The tomb was noted by the French Expedition, by Belzoni, and then a clearance was attempted by James Burton in 1828, but was first fully excavated by Howard Carter in 1903. An indurated limestone sculpture of Hatshepsut in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... nomen or birth name Akheperkare Thutmose I (d. ... View over the East Valley The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Plate LXXA shows detail on a ceremonial walking staff found buried with Tutankhamun; it depicts the two foes, or the Northern and Southern enemies of Egypt. ... Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of Egypts Valley of the Kings, was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramesses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Pharaoh Ramesses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef, the son of Ramesses IX, who died during the reign... Tomb KV21, is located in the Valley of the Kings. ... View over the East Valley The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. ... An indurated limestone sculpture of Hatshepsut in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... nomen or birth name Akheperkare Thutmose I (d. ... View over the East Valley The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. ... Giovanni Battista Belzoni (November 15, 1778 – December 3, 1823) was an Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities. ... James Burton (1788 – 1862) was an early British Egyptologist, who worked at a number of sites throughout Egypt, but notably in the Valley of the Kings. ... Plate LXXA shows detail on a ceremonial walking staff found buried with Tutankhamun; it depicts the two foes, or the Northern and Southern enemies of Egypt. ...

The tomb is a unique shape, twisting and turning down over 200 metres from the entrance so that the burial chamber is ninety-seven metres below the surface. The body of Thutmose I was moved by Thutmose III into KV38. The body of Hatshepsut has never been successfully identified. nomen or birth name Akheperkare Thutmose I (d. ... nomen or birth name Granite statue of Pharaoh Thutmose III Menkheperre Thutmose III (also written as Tuthmosis III; called Manahpi(r)ya in the Amarna letters) (d. ... Tomb KV38, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt was used for the burial of Thutmose I of the Eighteenth dynasty, and was where his body was removed to (from KV20), by Thutmose III. Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Valley of the Kings ... An indurated limestone sculpture of Hatshepsut in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ...

References

• Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
• Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.

External links

• Theban Mapping Project: KV20 - Includes description, images, and plan of the tomb.