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Tomb KV58, also known as the "Chariot Tomb", is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in January 1909 by Harold Jones, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. The circumstances of the discovery and specifics of the excavation were only given a passing mention in Davis' account, who attributes the discovery to Edward Ayrton in 1907 instead. The tomb consists of a shaft leading to a single chamber and contained only embossed gold foil, furniture knobs, and a single ushabti. The contents likely originated from the Eighteenth Dynasty tomb of Ay in WV23. Davis considered

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Egyptian tomb.name
KV58 (Chariot Tomb)
Egyptian tomb.owner
unknown
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KV58.jpg
Egyptian tomb.caption
Schematic of KV58
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03.0
Egyptian tomb.location
East Valley of the Kings
Egyptian tomb.date
January 1909
Egyptian tomb.excavated
Harold Jones
Egyptian tomb.decoration
Undecorated
Egyptian tomb.layout
Shaft and chamber
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KV57
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KV59

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Instance of
tomb
Country
Egypt
Located in
Luxor
Area
23.67
Image
KV58.jpg
Length
7.04
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KV58
time of discovery or invention
1907-00-00
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Tomb KV58, also known as the "Chariot Tomb", is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in January 1909 by Harold Jones, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. The circumstances of the discovery and specifics of the excavation were only given a passing mention in Davis' account, who attributes the discovery to Edward Ayrton in 1907 instead. The tomb consists of a shaft leading to a single chamber and contained only embossed gold foil, furniture knobs, and a single ushabti. The contents likely originated from the Eighteenth Dynasty tomb of Ay in WV23. Davis considered this tomb to be the burial place of the then little-known pharaoh Tutankhamun.

==Discovery, excavation, and contents== The tomb was discovered on 10 January 1909 and is located between the tomb of Horemheb (KV57) and the "Gold Tomb" (KV56). Harold Jones encountered the top of the shaft over below ground level. Excavation of the shaft yielded box handles and knobs, pieces of gold foil, small uraei, and pieces of faience inlay, concentrated at a depth of . The shaft opened to the west onto a single chamber. The room was filled with of water-deposited fill; this contained more gold foil and an alabaster ushabti. Davis, in his publication, states that the gold foil was found within a broken box, and that the ushabti was "lying on the floor in one corner." Comparison with Jones' journal reveals that this "neat picture...is almost certainly incorrect" with the gold found in the fill of both the shaft and chamber.

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