KV29

KV29
KV29
Burial site of Unknown
	KV29
Coordinates	25°44′21.5″N 32°36′2.2″E / 25.739306°N 32.600611°ECoordinates: 25°44′21.5″N 32°36′2.2″E / 25.739306°N 32.600611°E
Location	East Valley of the Kings
Discovered	before 1832
Excavated by	University of Basel (2011, 2016)
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Tomb KV29 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, located in the Theban Necropolis in Egypt. It is located near the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty tombs of Tiaa (KV32), Thutmose II or Merytre-Hatshepsut (KV42), and Thutmose III (KV34). The tomb was given the number KV29 in 1899 but no records of an earlier excavation exist. The entrance shaft was previously planned by the Theban Mapping Project prior to 1994. The tomb was first excavated by the University of Basel King's Valley Project in 2011.

Excavation[]

Excavation of the shaft began in January of 2011; half the depth proved to be flood debris from the 1994 flood and modern debris from the 1960s onwards. The rest of the shaft was contained clean fill washed in during earlier floods. The final 3 metres (9.8 ft) of debris in the 9 metres (30 ft) deep shaft consisted of hard packed limestone chips; fragmentary ceramics and four pieces of an alabaster jar were recovered from this layer. The shaft was capped with an iron door at the conclusion of the 2011 season.^[1]

Excavation resumed in 2016. The shaft was found to open out to the west onto a room, also filled with debris. The extent of the room was investigated for Swiss Television using a telescoping camera and flashlights. The architectural layout of the room is unknown, as it is so full of debris any possible side chamber doorways are obscured.^[2]

References[]

^ Bickel, Suzanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina; Alsheimer, Tanja (2011). "Preliminary Report on the Work Carried out During the Season 2011" (PDF). University of Basel Kings' Valley Project: 1. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ Bickel, Suzanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina (2016). "Report on work carried out during the field season 2015–2016" (PDF). University of Basel Kings' Valley Project: 4–5. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

External links[]

Theban Mapping Project: KV29 - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.

[Basel_KVP_2011-1] Bickel, Suzanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina; Alsheimer, Tanja (2011). "Preliminary Report on the Work Carried out During the Season 2011" (PDF). University of Basel Kings' Valley Project: 1. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[Basel_KVP_2016-2] Bickel, Suzanne; Paulin-Grothe, Elina (2016). "Report on work carried out during the field season 2015–2016" (PDF). University of Basel Kings' Valley Project: 4–5. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

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