KV2
Tomb KV2, found in the Valley of the Kings, is the tomb of Ramesses IV, and is located low in the main valley, between KV7 and KV1. It has been open since antiquity and contains a large amount of graffiti.Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun.
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.
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. Tomb of Tutankhamun is situated 150 metres southwest of KV2.
KV3
Tomb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomb KV3, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended for the burial of an unidentified son of Pharaoh Ramesses III during the early part of the Twentieth Dynasty.
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 KV2.
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.
KV2
- Type: Tomb
- Description: tomb of Ramesses IV
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.74152° or 25° 44′ 30″ northLongitude
32.60221° or 32° 36′ 8″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJR2+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 813722273OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q1347523
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV2” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KV2”
- Arabic: “مقبرة 2”
- Arabic: “مقبرة ٢”
- Catalan: “KV2”
- Chinese: “KV2”
- Czech: “KV 2”
- Czech: “KV2”
- Danish: “KV2”
- Dutch: “Graf DK 2”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 2”
- Finnish: “KV2”
- French: “KV2”
- French: “Tombeau de Ramsès IV”
- German: “KV2”
- Hindi: “केवी2”
- Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 2”
- Hungarian: “KV2”
- Italian: “KV2”
- Korean: “KV2”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KV2”
- Norwegian: “KV2”
- Polish: “KV2”
- Portuguese: “KV 2”
- Portuguese: “KV2”
- Romanian: “KV2”
- Russian: “KV2”
- Spanish: “KV2”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Ramses IV”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Ramsés IV”
- Swedish: “KV2”
- Ukrainian: “KV2”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ 2”
- Vietnamese: “KV2”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include KV2 Ramses IV and KV3 Son of Rameses III.
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