KV16
Tomb KV16 is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was used for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses I of the Nineteenth Dynasty. The burial place was discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in October 1817.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and KV63.
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.
KV63
Cemetery
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
KV63 is a chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis. Initially believed to be a royal tomb, it is now believed to have been a storage chamber for the mummification process.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
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'.
New Al Qarnh City
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Al Qarnh City is a village, which is situated 3 km east of KV16.
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.
KV16
- Type: Tomb
- Description: ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings
- Categories: archaeological site, hypogeum, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.73998° or 25° 44′ 24″ northLongitude
32.60184° or 32° 36′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJQ2+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 813718169OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q2634186
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV16” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KV16”
- Arabic: “مقبرة 16”
- Basque: “KV16”
- Catalan: “KV16”
- Dutch: “Graf DK 16”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 16”
- Finnish: “KV16”
- French: “KV 16”
- French: “KV16”
- French: “Tombeau de Ramsès Ier”
- German: “KV16”
- Hindi: “केवी16”
- Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 16”
- Hungarian: “KV16”
- Italian: “KV16”
- Italian: “tomba di Ramesse I”
- Kashmiri: “کےوی16”
- Korean: “KV16”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KV16”
- Norwegian: “KV16”
- Persian: “کیوی۱۶”
- Portuguese: “KV 16”
- Portuguese: “KV16”
- Russian: “KV16”
- Spanish: “KV16”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Ramses I”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Ramsés I”
- Swedish: “KV16”
- Ukrainian: “KV16”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ 16”
- Vietnamese: “KV16”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Seti I and KV16 Ramses I.
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