- WV25
EgyptianRoyalTombDetail
Name = WV25
Location = West Valley of the Kings
Date =1817
Owner = Unknown
Excavated =Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Prev=WV24
Next=KV26
Layout=Straight
Decoration=Amduat ,Book of the Dead ,
Fishing and fowling scenes|Tomb WV25 in the West Valley of the
Valley of the Kings ,Egypt , is clearly the beginnings of a Royal Tomb, but was never finished or decorated. It is thought to be the start ofAkhenaten 's Theban Tomb.It was discovered by
Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817. Belzoni found two sets of four third intermediate coffins containing mummies, one coffin was covered in a pall.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
*Belzoni, Giovanni Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries in Egypt and Nubia;...John Murray, LondonExternal links
* [http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_839.html Theban Mapping Project: WV25] - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.
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