Nefertari-Merymut tomb
QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: tomb of Queen Nefertari
- Also known as: “QV66”, “tomb of Nefertari”, “Tomb of Nefertari”, and “tomb of Queen Nefertari”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
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.
Valley of the Queens
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Valley of the Queens is a site in Egypt, in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high-ranking officials were buried from roughly 1560 BC to 1130 BC.
QV80
Tomb
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
QV80 is the tomb of Tuya, the Great Royal Wife of Seti I, and the mother of Ramses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. Lepsius merely makes mention of this tomb.
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 Nefertari-Merymut 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.
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.
Nefertari-Merymut tomb
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.7281° or 25° 43′ 41″ northLongitude
32.59272° or 32° 35′ 34″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPHHV+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 1239469212OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q926366
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Nefertari-Merymut tomb” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Grafkelder van Nefertari”
- Armenian: “QV66”
- Bengali: “কিউভি৬৬”
- Catalan: “QV66”
- Chinese: “QV66”
- Chinese: “Valley of the Queens 66”
- Chinese: “王后谷第66号墓”
- Chinese: “王后谷第66號墓”
- Danish: “QV66”
- Dutch: “QV66”
- Finnish: “QV66”
- French: “QV66”
- French: “Tombe de Nefertari-Merymut”
- French: “Tombe de Néfertari”
- German: “QV66”
- Hungarian: “Királynék völgye 66”
- Italian: “QV66”
- Italian: “tomba della regina Nefertari”
- Italian: “tomba di Nefertari”
- Polish: “Grobowiec Nefertari”
- Portuguese: “QV66”
- Russian: “QV66”
- Slovenian: “QV66”
- Spanish: “QV66”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Nefertari”
- Urdu: “نفرتاری کا مقبرہ”
- Urdu: “نیفرتاری کا مقبرہ”
- “QV66”
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