KV4

EgyptianRoyalTombDetail
Name = KV4
Location = East Valley of the Kings
Date = Open since antiquity
Owner = Ramesses XI
Excavated = John Romer
Prev=KV3
Next=KV5

Tomb KV4, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in the Twentieth Dynasty, although it is unclear whether or not it was ever actually used by him. Running back over 100 metres into the mountainside, KV4 has the distinction of being the last royal tomb cut in the Valley.

In later times it was used as a Coptic residence and stables, and Howard Carter used it as a storeroom and dining area during his excavation of KV62 in the 1920s. It was not fully excavated until John Romer's clearance in 1979.

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.kv5.com/sites/browse_tomb_818.html Theban Mapping Project: KV4] - Includes description, images and plans of the tomb.