North Africa
Egypt
New Valley Governorate

KV19

Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of 's , was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramesses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Pharaoh Ramesses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef instead, the son of Ramesses IX, who predeceased his father.
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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. is situated 230 metres northwest of KV19.

Cemetery
Tomb is located in the in . This tomb was visited by John Wilkinson, but was not fully explored until the 1990s, by Donald P.

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 . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

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.

KV19

Latitude
25.73915° or 25° 44′ 21″ north
Longitude
32.60324° or 32° 36′ 12″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJQ3+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 813947192
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q1719126
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV19” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “KV19”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة ١٩”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة 19”
  • Basque: “KV19”
  • Catalan: “KV19”
  • Dutch: “Graf DK 19”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 19”
  • Finnish: “KV19”
  • French: “KV 19”
  • French: “KV19”
  • German: “KV19”
  • Hindi: “केवी19”
  • Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 19”
  • Hungarian: “KV19”
  • Italian: “KV19”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV19”
  • Norwegian: “KV19”
  • Portuguese: “KV 19”
  • Portuguese: “KV19”
  • Russian: “KV19”
  • Spanish: “KV19”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Mentuherjepeshef”
  • Swedish: “KV19”
  • Vietnamese: “KV19”

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Highlights include KV20 and KV43.

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