North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

KV51

Tomb KV51 is located in the , in . It was discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. The tomb, together with and forms a group of three known as the "Animal Tombs".
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
  • Also known as: “KV-51”

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
Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tomb KV50 is located in the , in . It was discovered in 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. Together with KV51 and , it forms a group known as the "Animal Tombs".

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.

KV51

Latitude
25.73997° or 25° 44′ 24″ north
Longitude
32.60051° or 32° 36′ 2″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJQ2+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813947190
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q2910785
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV51” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV51”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 51”
  • Basque: “KV51”
  • Catalan: “KV51”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 51”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 51”
  • Finnish: “KV51”
  • French: “KV51”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 51”
  • Hungarian: “KV51”
  • Italian: “King’s Valley 51”
  • Italian: “KV51”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV51”
  • Norwegian: “KV51”
  • Portuguese: “KV51”
  • Spanish: “KV51”
  • Vietnamese: “KV51”

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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 “KV51”. Photo: R.F.Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.