KV30
Sign in to saveTomb KV30 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It likely dates to the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty and was used for the burial of an unknown individual. It may have been discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in 1817, working on a commission from the 2nd Earl Belmore. It was excavated between 2009 and 2010 by the University of Basel's Kings' Valley Project.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV30
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- Unknown
- Egyptian tomb.image
- KV30.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Schematic of KV30
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 1817?
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Giovanni Belzoni? (1817)University of Basel (2009-10)
- Egyptian tomb.decoration
- Undecorated
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Shaft and chamber(s)
- Egyptian tomb.prev
- KV29
- Egyptian tomb.next
- KV31
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 105.12
- Image
- KV30.jpg
- Length
- 42.06
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1817-00-00
- Commons category
- KV30
- described at URL
- thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV28-30_0.pdf
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Tomb KV30 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It likely dates to the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty and was used for the burial of an unknown individual. It may have been discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in 1817, working on a commission from the 2nd Earl Belmore. It was excavated between 2009 and 2010 by the University of Basel's Kings' Valley Project.
==Location and architecture== KV30 is located in a side valley that leads to the tomb of Thutmose III (KV34) and other tombs of similar date including the tomb of Thutmose IV's mother Tiaa (KV32) and KV42. It is approximately opposite KV26.
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