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Tomb KV2, found in the Valley of the Kings, is the tomb of Ramesses IV, and is located low in the main valley, between KV7 and KV1. It has been open since antiquity and contains a large amount of graffiti.

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Egyptian tomb.name
KV2
Egyptian tomb.owner
Ramesses IV
Egyptian tomb.image
Tomb of Ramses IV in Valley of the Kings on West Bank of Luxor Egypt.jpg
Egyptian tomb.location
East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date
Open since antiquity
Egyptian tomb.excavated
Edward R. Ayrton (1905–06)Howard Carter (1920)
Egyptian tomb.layout
Straight axis
Egyptian tomb.prev
KV1
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KV3

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Area
304.88
Image
KV2 Tomb of Rameses IV (9794935956).jpg
Length
88.66
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  • Contemporary plans of the tomb
  • Tomb layout
  • Visits in antiquity
  • Modern archeological work
  • Notes
  • References
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Tomb KV2, found in the Valley of the Kings, is the tomb of Ramesses IV, and is located low in the main valley, between KV7 and KV1. It has been open since antiquity and contains a large amount of graffiti.

==Contemporary plans of the tomb== There are two known plans of the tomb's layout contemporary to its construction. One on papyrus (now located at the Egyptian Museum in Turin) provides a detailed depiction of the tomb at 1:28 scale. All of the passages and chambers are present, with measurements written in hieratic script. The papyrus plan also depicts the pharaoh's sarcophagus surrounded by four concentric sets of shrines, the same layout of shrines that were found intact within Tutankhamun's tomb. The other plan of the tomb was found inscribed on a slab of limestone not far from the tomb's entrance, and is a rough layout of the tomb depicting the location of its doors. The latter plan may have just been a "workman's doodle" but the papyrus plan almost certainly had a deeper ritual meaning, and may have been used to consecrate the tomb after it was built.

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