- KV20
EgyptianRoyalTombDetail
Name = KV20
Location = East Valley of the Kings
Date = before1799
Owner =Hatshepsut /Thutmose I
Excavated = Howard Carter
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Egypt 'sValley of the Kings was possibly the first tomb to be constructed in the valley. It was the original burial place ofHatshepsut and her fatherThutmose 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 byHoward 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 byThutmose III intoKV38 . The body ofHatshepsut had not been identified until June 2007, when one of two female mummies from the long-opened tombKV60 was DNA tested by the chief of Egypt's antiquities,Zahi Hawass .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.External links
* [http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_834.html Theban Mapping Project: KV20] - Includes description, images, and plan of the tomb.
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