QV16
QV16 is a tomb in New Valley Governorate, Egypt. QV16 is situated nearby to the tomb QV15, as well as near QV14.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Nefertari-Merymut tomb
Tomb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Nefertari-Merymut tomb is situated 110 metres northwest of QV16.
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 Upper Egypt. Luxor 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.
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.
QV16
- Type: Tomb
- Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.72747° or 25° 43′ 39″ northLongitude
32.59359° or 32° 35′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPHGV+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1240260806OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q124713595
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In Other Languages
“QV16” goes by many names.
- French: “QV16”
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Highlights include QV15 and QV14.
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