North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

KV56

Tomb KV56, also known as the Gold Tomb, is a tomb located in the , near , Egypt. It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in January 1908 and contained what is thought to be the intact burial of a royal child from the late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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Photo: menesje, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and KV62 Tomb of Tutankhamen.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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.

Cemetery
Photo: EditorfromMars, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The tomb of Tutankhamun, 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 Luxor.

Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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'.

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
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 . It is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

KV56

Latitude
25.74014° or 25° 44′ 25″ north
Longitude
32.60108° or 32° 36′ 4″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJR2+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813722275
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q1719164
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV56” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV56”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 56”
  • Basque: “KV56”
  • Catalan: “KV56”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 56”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 56”
  • Finnish: “KV56”
  • French: “KV56”
  • German: “KV56”
  • Hausa: “KV56”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 56”
  • Hungarian: “KV56”
  • Italian: “KV48-KV54 e KV56”
  • Italian: “KV48”
  • Italian: “KV49”
  • Italian: “KV50”
  • Italian: “KV51”
  • Italian: “KV52”
  • Italian: “KV53”
  • Italian: “KV56”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV56”
  • Norwegian: “KV56”
  • Portuguese: “KV56”
  • Russian: “KV56”
  • Spanish: “KV56”
  • Vietnamese: “KV56”

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Highlights include KV11 and Unknow.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “KV56”. Photo: menesje, CC BY 2.0.