Animal Tomb
Tomb KV50 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. Together with KV51 and KV52, it forms a group known as the "Animal Tombs".Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
- Also known as: “KV50”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun.
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.
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Tomb
Photo: EditorfromMars, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. Tomb of Tutankhamun is situated 110 metres northeast of Animal Tomb.
KV12
Tomb
Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Located in the Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV12 is an unusual tomb, used originally in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, and then again in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties.
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'.
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.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
Animal Tomb
- Categories: hypogeum, archaeological site, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.73995° or 25° 44′ 24″ northLongitude
32.60047° or 32° 36′ 2″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJQ2+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 11508931797OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q655583
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Animal Tomb” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KV50”
- Arabic: “مقبرة 50”
- Basque: “KV50”
- Catalan: “KV50”
- Dutch: “Graf DK 50”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 50”
- Finnish: “KV50”
- French: “KV50 Tombeau d’animaux”
- French: “KV50”
- German: “KV50–KV52”
- Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 50”
- Hungarian: “KV50”
- Italian: “King’s Valley 50”
- Italian: “KV50”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KV50”
- Norwegian: “KV50”
- Portuguese: “KV50”
- Russian: “KV50 — KV52”
- Spanish: “KV50”
- Vietnamese: “KV50”
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