KV64

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KV64
Burial site of Unknown
Location East Valley of the Kings
Discovery Date March 2006
Excavated by Unexcavated - Status in dispute
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KV64 is the next number to be assigned to a tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings. However, no such tomb has been definitely found so the identity and location of said tomb is not yet known. The number will be assigned to the next tomb found in the Valley of the Kings.[1] There are several contenders in the running to be identified as KV64.

The first contender is an anomaly that was discovered by the team of researchers from the Amarna Royal Tombs Project[2] (ARTP), led by Nicholas Reeves in the autumn of 2000. The team undertook a geophysical survey using ground-penetrating radar from 1998 to 2002 in the central area of Valley of the Kings. As per the information revealed by the team so far, two such anomalies were pinpointed by the radar survey and one of them turned out as KV63. Nicholas Reeves announced on 28 July 2006 that he believed the second anomaly to be a tomb as well. If this is proven to be the case before any other tomb is found in the Valley of the Kings, then the anomaly will be called KV64.

However, on March 25, 2008, in an interview on Egyptian television, Zahi Hawass said that an Egyptian excavation team was looking for the tomb of Ramesses VIII between KV7 and KV8. [3] Unsubstantiated rumors suggest that stairs leading to a tomb have been found [4] and as of March 30, 2008, that the director of the excavation has indicated that an announcement will be made about the discovery of a tomb in this area within two months[5][6]. If these rumors prove to be true, then this tomb will be designated as KV64.

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  1. ^ Tomb Numbering Systems in the Valley
  2. ^ ARTP website; Announcement of the discovery
  3. ^ أول بعثة مصرية للكشف عن مقابر أثرية بالأقصر; Article on Egyptian television Web site
  4. ^ Legendary Times; Article mentioning steps
  5. ^ Remnants of Pharaonic temple and Romanian church drowned in the Nile in Aswan. Egypt State Information Service.
  6. ^ Glyphdoctors' Open Egyptology Forums; forum post by Stan Kurowski
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