North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

KV49

Tomb KV49, located in the , in is a typical Eighteenth Dynasty corridor tomb. It was the first of a series of tombs discovered in 1906 by Edward R.
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Places of Interest Nearby

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

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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.

Cemetery
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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.

Tomb
Tomb is the royal tomb of Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty and is located in the , . The tomb was located by Edward Ayrton in February 1908 for Theodore Davis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

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'.

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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 . 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.

KV49

Latitude
25.73996° or 25° 44′ 24″ north
Longitude
32.60069° or 32° 36′ 3″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJQ2+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813722276
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q690563
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV49” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV49”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 49”
  • Basque: “KV49”
  • Catalan: “KV49”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 49”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 49”
  • Finnish: “KV49”
  • French: “KV49”
  • German: “KV49”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 49”
  • Hungarian: “KV49”
  • Italian: “King’s Valley 49”
  • Italian: “KV49”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV49”
  • Norwegian: “KV49”
  • Portuguese: “KV49”
  • Spanish: “KV49”
  • Vietnamese: “KV49”

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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 “KV49”. Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.