KV59
Tomb KV59 is an unused tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. It is located in a side valley between KV37 and KV26 and opposite KV31. It is not known for certain when the tomb was discovered or by whom.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tuthmosis III.
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 Tuthmosis III
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomb KV34 in the Valley of the Kings was the tomb of 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III. The tomb was plundered in antiquity and its location lost.
KV26
Tomb
Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tomb KV26 is an ancient Egyptian tomb of the Eighteenth Dynasty located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. It is located in a side valley leading to the tomb of Thutmose III.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, 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.
KV59
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
- Categories: tomb, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.73872° or 25° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
32.60071° or 32° 36′ 3″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJQ2+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4887824864OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yardOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q2133920
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV59” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KV59”
- Arabic: “مقبرة 59”
- Basque: “KV59”
- Catalan: “KV59”
- Dutch: “Graf DK 59”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 59”
- Finnish: “KV59”
- French: “KV59 Inconnu”
- French: “KV59”
- German: “KV59”
- Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 59”
- Hungarian: “KV59”
- Italian: “KV59”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KV59”
- Norwegian: “KV59”
- Portuguese: “KV59”
- Spanish: “KV59”
- Vietnamese: “KV59”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include KV31 and KV30.
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