KV31

KV31 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the , near , . Only the top of the shaft was known prior to excavation by the University of Basel Kings' Valley Project in 2010, and no earlier excavations are known, although it is suggested that the stone sarcophagus excavated by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817 may have originated from this tomb.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Kings and KV59.

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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
Tomb is an unused tomb located in the , in . It is located in a side valley between and and opposite KV31. It is not known for certain when the tomb was discovered or by whom.

Cemetery
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Tomb KV34 in the was the tomb of 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III. The tomb was plundered in antiquity and its location lost.

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'.

Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
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.

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.

KV31

Latitude
25.73869° or 25° 44′ 19″ north
Longitude
32.60061° or 32° 36′ 2″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJQ2+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813832370
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q591371
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV31” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV31”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 31”
  • Basque: “KV31”
  • Catalan: “KV31”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 31”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 31”
  • Finnish: “KV31”
  • French: “KV31”
  • German: “KV31”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 31”
  • Hungarian: “KV31”
  • Italian: “KV31”
  • Polish: “KV31”
  • Portuguese: “KV31”
  • Russian: “KV31”
  • Spanish: “KV31”
  • Vietnamese: “KV31”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include KV30 and KV32.

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