KV49

Tomb KV49, located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt is a typical Eighteenth Dynasty corridor tomb. It was the first of a series of tombs discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton in the course of his excavations on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. The tomb was abandoned before it was completed, and the work was halted as the stairwell in the single chamber was being cut. It was probably used as a store for royal linen, or was used as a mummy-restoration area in the later New Kingdom.

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Egyptian tomb.name: KV49
Egyptian tomb.owner: unknown
Egyptian tomb.image: KV49.jpg
Egyptian tomb.caption: Schematic of the unfinished KV49
Egyptian tomb.location: East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date: January 1906
Egyptian tomb.excavated: Edward R. Ayrton
Egyptian tomb.layout: Unfinished; straight axis
Egyptian tomb.prev: KV48
Egyptian tomb.next: KV50

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Area: 46.61
Image: KV49.jpg
Length: 3.5

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Commons category: KV49
time of discovery or invention: 1906-00-00
described at URL: thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV48-49_0.pdf

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==Location, discovery, and layout== The tomb is located in a side valley that runs towards the tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35. The valley is formed by two rocky promontories. On the northern side are the tombs KV12 and KV9; the southern side had not been investigated and "presented to the eye a surface level of loose rubbish, unbroken by depressions." Ayrton began clearing to the bedrock as part of Davis' "system of exhaustion" strategy, working methodically from east to west.