Amenhetep III

Tomb WV22, also known as KV22, was the burial place of Amenhotep III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, in the western arm of the .
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
  • Also known as: “KV22” and “WV22”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and WVA.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.

Tomb
, also known as KV A, is a small single room tomb in the Western associated with WV22, the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of , Egypt. This is a part of the . is situated 1¼ km southeast of Amenhetep III.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
is a city in . It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as , It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.

Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Amenhetep III

Latitude
25.74331° or 25° 44′ 36″ north
Longitude
32.59759° or 32° 35′ 51″ east
Open location code
7GQJPHVX+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1048464147
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q2480865
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Amenhetep III” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “WV22”
  • Arabic: “أمنحوتيب الثالث”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 22”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة ٢٢”
  • Armenian: “WV22”
  • Basque: “WV22”
  • Catalan: “KV22”
  • Chinese: “WV22号墓”
  • Chinese: “WV22號墓”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙霍特普三世陵墓”
  • Dutch: “Graf WV 22”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 22”
  • Finnish: “KV22”
  • French: “KV22”
  • French: “WV22 Tombeau d’Amenhetep III”
  • French: “WV22”
  • German: “Grabmal von Amenophis III.”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 22”
  • Hungarian: “KV22”
  • Hungarian: “WV22”
  • Italian: “KV22”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV22”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “WV22”
  • Norwegian: “WV22”
  • Portuguese: “KV 22”
  • Portuguese: “KV22”
  • Portuguese: “WV 22”
  • Portuguese: “WV22”
  • Russian: “WV22”
  • Spanish: “KV22”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Amenhotep III”
  • Spanish: “WV22”
  • Swedish: “KV22”
  • Vietnamese: “WV22”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West Valley and KV8 Merenptah.

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