- Hardcover: 201 pages
- Publisher: Auc Press; 1 edition (2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9774245741
- ISBN-13: 978-9774245749
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.3 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 907 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,843,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The discovery in 1995 that a long-ignored doorway in the Valley of the Kings was actually the entrance to the largest tomb ever found in Egypt made headlines around the world. Called KV 5, it contains over 150 corridors and chambers, and was used as a family mausoleum for several sons of the New Kingdom pharaoh, Ramesses II. This preliminary report is the first comprehensive, technical publication on the work of the Theban Mapping Project in the tomb. It includes detailed archaeological and architectural studies, epigraphic surveys, object and pottery descriptions, discussions of conservation work, and extensive reports on the site's geology, hydrology, mineralogy, and geotechnical engineering. Copiously illustrated with photographs and line drawings, KV 5 is the essential source for the study of this fascinating and important tomb.
About the Author
KENT WEEKS is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. He has worked in
the Valley of the Kings for more than thirty years and is director of the Theban Mapping Project,
which has been surveying, photographing, and collecting historical data on the monuments in the
Valley of the Kings and the Theban Necropolis. The Project to completely map KV5 continues as
does its excavation. Under the direction of Dr. Weeks, the Project is also developing an
archaeological database that will help ensure the protection of the monuments of ancient Thebes.
the Valley of the Kings for more than thirty years and is director of the Theban Mapping Project,
which has been surveying, photographing, and collecting historical data on the monuments in the
Valley of the Kings and the Theban Necropolis. The Project to completely map KV5 continues as
does its excavation. Under the direction of Dr. Weeks, the Project is also developing an
archaeological database that will help ensure the protection of the monuments of ancient Thebes.
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