KV43
Tomb KV43 is the burial place of Thutmose IV, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. He was interred with two of his children who predeceased him.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: ancient Egyptian tomb
- Also known as: “Tombe de Thoutmosis IV”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Deir el-Bahri.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. 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.
Deir el-Bahri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis. Deir el-Bahri is situated 460 metres east of KV43.
KV19
Tomb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
KV43
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.73873° or 25° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
32.60321° or 32° 36′ 12″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJQ3+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 813947193OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q593468
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“KV43” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KV43”
- Arabic: “مقبرة 43”
- Arabic: “مقبرة ٤٣”
- Basque: “KV43”
- Catalan: “KV43”
- Czech: “KV43”
- Dutch: “Graf DK 43”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقبره 43”
- Finnish: “KV43”
- French: “KV43”
- Hausa: “KV43”
- Hebrew: “KV43”
- Hungarian: “Királyok völgye 43”
- Hungarian: “KV43”
- Italian: “KV43”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KV43”
- Norwegian: “KV43”
- Portuguese: “KV43”
- Spanish: “KV43”
- Swedish: “KV43”
- Thai: “เควี 43”
- Vietnamese: “KV43”
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