KV57

Tomb KV57 is the royal tomb of Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty and is located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

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Egyptian tomb.name: KV57
Egyptian tomb.owner: Horemheb
Egyptian tomb.image: La tombe de Horemheb (KV.57) (Vallée des Rois Thèbes ouest) -6.jpg
Egyptian tomb.caption: The burial chamber of Horemheb, showing the unfinished decoration and his sarcophagus
Egyptian tomb.location: East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date: 22 February 1908
Egyptian tomb.excavated: Edward R. Ayrton (1908)Geoffrey Thorndike Martin (2006-7)
Egyptian tomb.decoration: Horemheb making offerings to gods and goddesses; Book of Gates
Egyptian tomb.layout: Jogged axis
Egyptian tomb.prev: KV56
Egyptian tomb.next: KV58

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Wikidata facts

Area: 472.61
Image: La Tombe de Horemheb cropped.jpg
Length: 127.88

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Commons category: KV57
time of discovery or invention: 1908-02-22
described at URL: thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV57_1.pdf

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Re-excavation
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Human remains
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Tomb KV57 is the royal tomb of Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty and is located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

The tomb was located by Edward Ayrton in February 1908 for Theodore Davis. Due to its location in the valley floor, the tomb was filled with debris that had washed down during occasional flash-flooding. The tomb is markedly different from previous Eighteenth Dynasty royal tombs as it has a straightened axis, and has painted reliefs instead of murals; the Book of Gates also appears for the first time. The king's red granite sarcophagus was found with its lid broken, though otherwise intact. The tomb contained the remains of several burials, none of them conclusively belonging to Horemheb.