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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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun.
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The is an archaeological…
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The , a pharaoh of the Eighteenth…
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is a chamber in 's pharaonic necropolis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , .
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is a village, which is situated 3 km east of KV56.
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is a city in .

KV56

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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”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ 56”
  • Vietnamese: “KV56”

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Highlights include KV11 and Unknow.

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