KV8

Tomb KV8, located in the , was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. The burial chamber, located at the end of 160 metres of corridor, originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi.
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
  • Also known as: “Tomb KV8”

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
is the tomb of an unknown Eighteenth Dynasty individual in the , near , that was re-used in the Twenty-second Dynasty for the burial of the priestess Nehmes Bastet, who held the office of "chantress" at the temple of Karnak.

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 KV8.

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is a city in . It 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 , It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.

KV8

Latitude
25.7408° or 25° 44′ 27″ north
Longitude
32.60107° or 32° 36′ 4″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJR2+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813719783
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q590096
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV8” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV8”
  • Arabic: “KV٨”
  • Arabic: “KV8”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة ٨”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 8”
  • Catalan: “KV8”
  • Chinese: “KV8”
  • Czech: “KV8”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 8”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 8”
  • Finnish: “KV8”
  • French: “KV8”
  • German: “KV8”
  • Hebrew: “KV8”
  • Hindi: “केवी8”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 8”
  • Hungarian: “KV8”
  • Italian: “KV8”
  • Korean: “KV8”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV8”
  • Norwegian: “KV8”
  • Polish: “KV8”
  • Portuguese: “KV8”
  • Romanian: “KV8”
  • Russian: “KV8”
  • Sinhala: “KV8”
  • Spanish: “KV8”
  • Swedish: “KV8”
  • Ukrainian: “KV8”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ 8”
  • Vietnamese: “KV8”

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Notable Places Nearby

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