KV7

Tomb KV7 was the tomb of Ramesses II, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is located in the opposite the tomb of his sons, , and near to the tomb of his son and successor Merenptah, .
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
  • Also known as: “The tomb of the pharaoh Rameses II”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun.

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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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The , a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the . The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor.

Cemetery
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is a chamber in 's pharaonic necropolis. Initially believed to be a royal tomb, it is now believed to have been a storage chamber for the mummification process.

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 and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km east of KV7.

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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 .

KV7

Latitude
25.74073° or 25° 44′ 27″ north
Longitude
32.60164° or 32° 36′ 6″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJR2+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813718173
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q1051476
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV7” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV7”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة ٧”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 7”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة kv7”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة kv٧”
  • Armenian: “KV7”
  • Belarusian: “KV7”
  • Bulgarian: “KV7”
  • Catalan: “KV7”
  • Chinese: “KV7”
  • Czech: “KV7”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 7”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 7”
  • Finnish: “KV7”
  • French: “KV7”
  • Galician: “KV7”
  • German: “KV7”
  • Hebrew: “KV7”
  • Hindi: “केवी7”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 7”
  • Hungarian: “KV7”
  • Italian: “KV7”
  • Kashmiri: “کےوی7”
  • Korean: “KV7”
  • Maltese: “KV7”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV7”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “KV7”
  • Norwegian: “KV7”
  • Portuguese: “KV 7”
  • Portuguese: “KV7”
  • Romanian: “KV7”
  • Russian: “KV7”
  • Spanish: “KV7”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Ramses II”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Ramsés II”
  • Swedish: “KV7”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ 7”
  • Vietnamese: “KV7”

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