more photos
site details
0700-1800 daily summer
0700-1500 daily winter
E£20 for 3 tombs
E£40 tutankhamun
E£10 camera per tomb
no flash
no video cameras
relevant links
traveloque 2/14
theban mapping project
history
New Kingdom
18th Dynasty
19th Dynasty
20th Dynasty
Thutmose III
Tutankhamun
Ramesses II
Merenptah
Seti II
Tausert
Ramesses III
Ramesses IX\
Tomb of Tausert
Tausert (who may or may not have been a pharaoh in her own right) is bured in oneof the longest tombs in the valley. She was the wife of Set II from the 19th Dynasty. Like many of the others, this tomb has been open since antiquity.
Her tomb was taken over by Sekhnakht, the first ruler of the 20th Dynasty. He removed her remains and enlarged the tomb for himself. There are two complete burial chamber - the first for Tausert and a later, deeper one for Sekhnakht.
