KV47

Tomb KV47, located in the in , was used for the burial of Pharaoh Siptah of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It was discovered on December 18, 1905 by Edward R.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Valley of the Kings and KV14.

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The is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . 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
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Tomb is a joint tomb, used originally by Tausert and then reused and extended by Setnakhte. It has been open since antiquity, but was not properly recorded until Hartwig Altenmüller excavated it from 1983 to 1987.

Tomb
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Tomb , located in the in , was cut and decorated for the burial of the noble Bay of the Nineteenth Dynasty. An ostraca published in the French Egyptological journal BIFAO in 2000 records that Chancellor Bay was executed by pharaoh Siptah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of KV47.

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is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

KV47

Latitude
25.73921° or 25° 44′ 21″ north
Longitude
32.60004° or 32° 36′ 0″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJQ2+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813717254
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q366941
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV47” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV47”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 47”
  • Basque: “KV47”
  • Catalan: “KV47”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 47”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 47”
  • Finnish: “KV47”
  • French: “KV47”
  • German: “KV47”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 47”
  • Italian: “KV47”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV47”
  • Norwegian: “KV47”
  • Portuguese: “KV47”
  • Romanian: “KV47”
  • Spanish: “KV47”
  • Swedish: “KV47”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ 47”
  • Vietnamese: “KV47”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: KV38 and KV38 Thutmes I.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: KV59 and KV52.

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