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Surroundings:

Thebes, Valley of the Kings, KV 11 (Ramesses III), SarcophagusThebes, Valley of the Kings, KV 11 (Ramesses III), SarcophagusThebes, Valley of the Kings, KV 17 (Sety I), Wall paintingThebes, Valley of the Kings, KV 17 (Sety I), Wall paintingDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Upper terrace, Door to the Chapel of Thuthmose IIIDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Portrait of Thutmose IIIDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Portrait of Amenhotep IDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Statue of the king in jubilee garmentDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Head of Mentuhotep IIIDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Relief of the kingDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep IIDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Portrait of Thutmose IIIDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Statue of the king in jubilee garmentDeir el-Bahari, Chapel of HathorDeir el-Bahari, Chapel of Hathor, ReliefDeir el-Bahari, Chapel of Hathor, ReliefDeir el-Bahari, Chapel of Hathor, ReliefDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Middle terraceDeir el-Bahari, Bab el-Gasus cache, Sarcophagus of Gutseshen, ApisDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of HatshepsutDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Reliefs from the expedition to PuntDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Upper terrace, FaçadeDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Upper terrace, Seen from Middle terraceDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of HatshepsutDeir el-Bahari, Portrait of queen HatshepsutDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Head of a birdDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Upper terrace, Façade, PortraitDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Middle terraceDeir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of HatshepsutDeir el-Bahari, Chest for the shabtis of Nespakashuty

Location:

  • Egypt, Al Qurnah
  • geo:25.738083,32.600723
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=45143

Annotations

Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra who was the principal wife of Thutmes III (1504-1450 BC), and mother of Amenhetep II, designated as KV 42.
Tomb KV 42 was not finished and never used for her burial. Her name appears on items from the foundation deposit though New Kingdom XVIII dynasty.

See:

  1. http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_856.html
  2. M. Eaton-Krauss, The Fate of Sennefer and Senetnay at Karnak Temple and in the Valley of the Kings, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 85 (1999), pp. 113-129
  3. https://sites.google.com/site/historyofancientegypt/queens-of-egypt/queen-merytre-hatshepsut
  4. Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson: Das Tal der Könige. Geheimnisvolles Totenreich der Pharaonen. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2000, pp. 102–103.

Relevant museums

Aswan, International Museum of Nubia

Museum of the Nubian presence in southern Egypt

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Rome, Vatican Museums

Rome, Vatican Museums

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Barcelona, Museu Egipci

Egyptological museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark

Allard Pierson Museum

Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

Valley of the Kings, KV 42, Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra

Valley of the Kings, KV 42, Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra

Valley of the Kings, KV 37

Valley of the Kings, KV 37

Valley of the Kings, KV 32

Valley of the Kings, KV 32


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