KV48

Also known as Tomb KV48

Tomb KV48 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis, and contained the robbed burial of the Eighteenth Dynasty noble Amenemipet called Pairy. It was re-excavated in 2009 by a team from the Pacific Lutheran University.

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Egyptian tomb.name: KV48
Egyptian tomb.owner: Amenemipet called Pairy
Egyptian tomb.image: KV48 Amenemopet.jpg
Egyptian tomb.caption: Schematic of KV48
Egyptian tomb.location: East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date: January 1906
Egyptian tomb.excavated: Edward R. Ayrton (1906)Donald P. Ryan (2009)
Egyptian tomb.decoration: Undecorated
Egyptian tomb.layout: Shaft and chamber
Egyptian tomb.prev: KV47
Egyptian tomb.next: KV49

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Wikidata facts

Area: 31.02
Image: KV48 Amenemopet.jpg
Length: 8.43

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Commons category: KV48
described at URL: thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV48-49_0.pdf

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Location, discovery, and contents
Re-investigation
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==Location, discovery, and contents== The tomb is located to the west of the animal tombs KV51 and KV52, on the southern side of the wadi that leads towards KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II.