Ay tomb

Ay tomb is a tomb in New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Ay tomb is situated nearby to the tomb WV24, as well as near WV25.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and WV23.

Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. 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.

WV23

Tomb

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomb WV23, also known as KV23, was the burial place of Ay, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, in the Western Valley of the Kings near modern-day Luxor.

WV24

Tomb

Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomb WV24 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the western arm of the Valley of the Kings. It was reported by Robert Hay and John Wilkinson in the 1820s and visited by Howard Carter; however, it was not fully explored until Otto Schaden's excavations in 1991.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

El-Assasif

Village

Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 2½ km east of Ay tomb.

Luxor

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.

Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.