KV33
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Tomb KV33 is a non-royal tomb located in the Valley of the Kings
in Egypt
. It was discovered by Victor Loret
in 1898 and was never been fully cleared at the time of its discovery. The tomb site was eventually resealed for later detailed excavation.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings , less often called the Valley of the Gates of the Kings , is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom .The valley stands on the west bank of...
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. It was discovered by Victor Loret
Victor Loret
Victor Clement Georges Philippe Loret was a French Egyptologist.-Biography:Loret studied with Gaston Maspero at the École des Hautes Études. In 1897 he became the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. In March 1898, he discovered KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings...
in 1898 and was never been fully cleared at the time of its discovery. The tomb site was eventually resealed for later detailed excavation.
External links
- Theban Mapping Project: KV33 - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.
Further reading
- Traunecker, Claude & Lorton, David The Gods of Egypt, Translated by David Lorton, Cornell University Press, 2001, ISBN 0801438349, 9780801438349