Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.
KV8 schematic
The burial chamber, located at the end of 160 metres of corridor, originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi. The outer one of these was so voluminous that parts of the corridor had to have their doorjambs demolished and rebuilt to allow it to be brought in. These jambs were then rebuilt with the help of inscribed sandstone blocks which were then fixed into place with dovetail cramps.
Merenptah's tomb in 2023
The pillars in Chamber F were removed to allow passage of the sarcophagus, only two were replaced. The other two pillars may have been stolen by Paneb, a worker in the craftsman's village (Deir el-Medina), for use in his own tomb.
Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. The burial chamber,...
his sons, KV5, and near to the tomb of his son and successor Merenptah, KV8. KV7 follows the bent-axis plan of tombs of the earlier Eighteenth Dynasty:...
reign that lasted for nearly a decade. He was originally buried within tomb KV8 in the Valley of the Kings, but his mummy was not found there. In 1898 it...
Guillemare E, de Weille J, Heurteaux C, Mattei MG, Lazdunski M (Aug 1996). "Kv8.1, a new neuronal potassium channel subunit with specific inhibitory properties...
Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49 (2): 751–7. doi:10.1167/iovs.07-0471. PMID 18235024. Kv8.2+Potassium+Channel at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject...
Daressy Decoration Book of Gates Book of Caverns Book of the Amduat Book of the Dead Book of the Earth Layout Straight axis ← Previous KV8 Next → KV10...
located near the center of the main valley between the tombs of Merenptah (KV8) and Ramesses II (KV7). Bickel, Susanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina (2012). "The...
Paris, the child prodigy Mozart dedicated two sonatas for piano and violin (KV8 and KV9) to her. The comtesse gave the eight-year-old composer a gold snuffbox...
electrically-silent alpha subunits have been cloned: Kv5 (KCNF), Kv6 (KCNG), Kv8 and Kv9 (KCNS). These subunits do not themselves possess any functional activity...
Lesage F, Guillemare E, de Weille J, Heurteaux C, et al. (July 1996). "Kv8.1, a new neuronal potassium channel subunit with specific inhibitory properties...
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