Victor Clement Georges Philippe Loret (1 September 1859 – 3 February 1946) was a French Egyptologist. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... An Egyptologist is any archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. ...

Loret studied with Gaston Maspero at the École des Hautes Études In 1897 he became the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. In March 1898, he discovered KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings. Amenhotep II's mummy was still located in his royal sarcophagus but the tomb also proved to hold a cache of several of the most important New Kingdom Pharaohs such as Thutmose IV, Amenhotep III and Ramesses III. The cache of Royal Mummies had been placed in KV35 to protect them from looting by tomb robbers by the 21st Dynasty High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem. Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (June 23, 1846 - June 30, 1916), French Egyptologist, was born in Paris, his parents being of Lombard origin. ... The École Pratique des Hautes Études is a university in Paris, France. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Supreme Council of Antiquities (commonly abbreviated SCA) is part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and is responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavations in Egypt. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... KV35 in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt) is the tomb of Amenhotep II. It was discovered by Victor Loret in April 1898. ... nomen or birth name Aakheperure Amenhotep II (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. ... Pharaoh (Arabic فرعون ) (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ); is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... nomen or birth name Menkheperure Thutmose IV (d. ... nomen or birth name Nebmaatre Amenhotep III (called Nibmu(`w)areya in the Amarna letters) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. ... Osirid statues of Ramses III at his temple at Medinet Habu. ...

Loret also discovered tombs KV32, KV33, KV36, KV38, KV40, KV41 and KV42. His claim to have discovered KV34 is disputed by some Egyptologists who believe that honour should instead be awarded to one of his local foremen. Tomb KV32, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt was used for the burial of Tiaa, the wife of Amenhotep II and the mother of Thutmose IV. Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Valley of the Kings ... Tomb KV33, is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. ... Tomb KV36, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt was used for the burial of the noble Maiherpri from the Eighteenth Dynasty. ... 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 ... Tomb KV40, is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. ... Tomb KV41, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt was the last tomb to be found by Victor Loret, and has not been excavated or examined Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Valley of the Kings ... KV42 was constructed for Hatshepsut-Meryetre, the wife of Thutmose III, but she was not buried in the tomb. ... KV34 is accessed by a steep metal staircase Tomb KV34 in the Valley of the Kings (near modern-day Luxor, Egypt) was the final resting place of 18th dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III. One of the first tombs to be dug in the Valley, it was cut high in the cliff...

External link

• Victor Clement Philippe Loret (on touregypt.net)