KV63 is a chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis. Initially believed to be a royal tomb, it is now believed to have been a storage chamber for the mummification process.[1] It was found in 2005 by a team of archaeologists led by Otto Schaden.
The chamber contained seven wooden coffins and many large storage jars. All coffins have now been opened, and were found to contain only mummification materials, with the jars also containing mummification supplies including salts, linens, and broken pottery.
Some clay seal impressions contain text, such as the partial word 'pa-aten,'[2] part of the birth name of Tutankhamun's wife, Ankhesenamun.[2] This inscription, the architectural style of the chamber, and the form of the coffins and jars all point to an Eighteenth Dynasty date, roughly contemporary with Tutankhamun, whose tomb is nearby.
KV63 was revisited by Schaden's team again in 2010, along with a TV team. Another 16 storage jars were explored, and a wooden bed with lions' heads, along with pieces of wine jars, were discovered. The team arrived at the theory that the chamber was probably used by Tutankhamun's family embalmers, about 1337–1334 BC.
^"Pharaonic find was mummification room, not tomb", Discovery Channel. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
^ ab"Egypt's New Tomb Revealed," Discovery Channel (broadcast: June 4, 2006)
KV63 is a chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis. Initially believed to be a royal tomb, it is now believed to have been a storage...
DNA consistent with the 18th Dynasty royal line. After excavating the tomb KV63, it is speculated that it was designed for Ankhesenamun due to its proximity...
with several tombs buried under metres of debris. The tombs KV55, KV62, and KV63 are dug into the actual wadi bedrock rather than the debris, showing that...
KV42 KV43 KV44 KV45 KV46 KV47 KV48 KV54 KV55 KV56 KV57 KV58 KV59 KV61 KV62 KV63 A map of the Valley of the Kings with locations of tombs marked Tomb is...
1970s. On 8 February 2006, it was announced that his team had discovered KV63, an intact chamber at first thought to be a tomb. The tomb was slowly excavated...
ago (4 November 1922) Excavated by Howard Carter Decoration Opening of the Mouth Book of the Amduat Layout Bent to the right ← Previous KV61 Next → KV63...
during the autumn of 2000. This anomaly was detected 50 feet (15 m) north of KV63, near the tomb of Tutankhamun, KV62. The designation was used again in 2008...
unearthed. No further tombs were discovered in the valley until 2006, when KV63 was found. The discovery also affected Egyptology in a different way: together...
Dynasty style but nothing of its layout, decoration or owner was announced. KV63 KV64 "New Discoveries" (PDF). Nile Magazine. Bournemouth, UK: Select Publication...
Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey and the Amenmesse Mission of KV10 and KV63 in the Valley of the Kings. She has also worked with André Veldmeijer of...
also worked alongside Egyptologist Otto Schaden during the opening of Tomb KV63 in February 2006 – the first intact tomb to be found in the Valley of the...
moved to KV54. The most recently excavated tomb in the Valley of the Kings, KV63, is also thought by many to be another embalming cache. Like the KV54 cache...
unrelated dig, accidentally burst into one of the "anomalies" (later numbered KV63), which contained particularly fine examples of mummification supplies used...
acacia pegs and is covered with yellow decoration on a black background. KV63 KV65 Bickel, Suzanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina (2012). "Preliminary Report on...
among the features pinpointed (during the project's 2000 radar survey) was KV63, subsequently excavated by Otto Schaden then working for the University of...
John R. Spencer, Eliot F. Young, and Leslie A. Young. 2005 KV63 at the Valley of the Kings KV63 is the most recently opened chamber in Egypt's Valley of...
team led by the University of Memphis had uncovered a pharaonic-era tomb (KV63), the first uncovered there since King Tutankhamun's in 1922. The 18th Dynasty...
1061–1075. February - Newark Torc discovered in England. March - Discovery of KV63, the first tomb in the Valley of the Kings found since 1922. May - Statue...
archaeology includes the following significant events. Tomb of the Roaring Lions KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery...
of the two female mummies found in this tomb might belong to Hatshepsut. KV63: Single chambered tomb accessed by a shaft. It is recently discovered and...
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