KV53
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Tomb KV53 is 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. It has been excavated but never been fully planned, and consists of a single chamber at the end of a shaft.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV53
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- unknown
- Egyptian tomb.image
- KV53.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Schematic of KV53
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 1906
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Edward R. Ayrton (1906)Zahi Hawass (2009-10)
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Shaft and chamber
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- KV52
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Luxor
- Area
- 36.56
- Location
- Valley of the Kings
- Image
- KV53.jpg
- Length
- 8.44
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- director of archaeological fieldwork
- Edward R. Ayrton
- time of discovery or invention
- 1905-00-00
- Commons category
- KV53
- culture
- Ancient Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 1906 discovery, layout, and contents
- 2009–10 excavations
- References
- External links
Tomb KV53 is 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. It has been excavated but never been fully planned, and consists of a single chamber at the end of a shaft.
==1906 discovery, layout, and contents== KV53 was discovered in 1906 by Edward Ayrton during excavations conducted on behalf of the American millionaire Theodore Davis. After thoroughly investigating the southern section of the side valley leading to the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), excavation moved to the other side of the path, to the north of KV29. KV53 was discovered underneath later workmens' huts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KV53” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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