WV24

WV24
WV24
Burial site of unknown
	WV24
Coordinates	25°44′28.2″N 32°35′33.2″E / 25.741167°N 32.592556°ECoordinates: 25°44′28.2″N 32°35′33.2″E / 25.741167°N 32.592556°E
Location	West Valley of the Kings
Discovered	before 1832
Excavated by	Otto Schaden
	← Previous; WV23 Next →; WV25

Tomb WV24 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the western arm of the Valley of the Kings. It was reported by Robert Hay and John Wilkinson in the 1820s and visited by Howard Carter; however, it was not fully explored until Otto Schaden's excavations in 1991.

Location, layout, and contents[]

WV24 is located 12 metres (39 ft) from the entrance of WV25 and, like this tomb, is unfinished. The tomb dates to the Eighteenth Dynasty and consists of a well-cut vertical shaft that opens, via a large doorway, to a single unfinished chamber. Given its close association with WV25, Richard H. Wilkinson and Schaden suggest it may have been intended for a high ranking noble, or perhaps it was meant to be a storage chamber for overflow from the royal burial, as seen with WV23 and WVA. The amount of work done of the cutting of both this tomb and WV25 suggest the tombs were commenced and abandoned at the same time.^[1]

The tomb does not appear to have received an Eighteenth Dynasty burial. However, it was later used in the Third Intermediate Period for the burial of at least five individuals, including a baby.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Harwood, Richard S. (2013). "The Western Valley of the Kings Project". In Creasman, Pierce Paul (ed.). Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes: Papers Presented in Honour of Richard H. Wilkinson. University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition. pp. 39–54. ISBN 978-0-9649958-1-9. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.

External links[]

Theban Mapping Project:WV24 - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.

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[Harwood-1] Harwood, Richard S. (2013). "The Western Valley of the Kings Project". In Creasman, Pierce Paul (ed.). Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes: Papers Presented in Honour of Richard H. Wilkinson. University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition. pp. 39–54. ISBN 978-0-9649958-1-9. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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