KV20
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| KV20 | ||
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| Burial site of Hatshepsut / Thutmose I | ||
| Location | East Valley of the Kings | |
| Discovery Date | before 1799 | |
| Excavated by | Howard Carter | |
| Previous : KV19 |
Next : KV21 |
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Tomb KV20 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was possibly the first tomb to be constructed in the valley. It was the original burial place of Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose I. The tomb was noted by the French Expedition, by Belzoni, and then a clearance was attempted by James Burton in 1828, but was first fully excavated by Howard Carter in 1903.
The tomb is a unique shape, twisting and turning down over 200 metres from the entrance so that the burial chamber is ninety-seven metres below the surface. The body of Thutmose I was moved by Thutmose III into KV38. The body of Hatshepsut had not been identified until June 2007, when one of two female mummies from the long-opened tomb KV60 was DNA tested by the chief of Egypt's antiquities, Zahi Hawass.
[edit] References
- Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
- Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.
[edit] External links
- Theban Mapping Project: KV20 - Includes description, images, and plan of the tomb.
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