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Tomb of Ramesses VI, near Tomb of Tutankhamun
Tomb of Ramesses VI, near location of the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
Ramesses VI (1141-1133 BC), a 20th Dynasty monarch, was buried in tomb KV9, shown in the center this image. His burial complex overlies two earlier tombs, those of Horemheb (KV 57) and Tutankhamen (KV 62). A fourth tomb (KV 12), which held royal family members of the 19th and 20th Dynasties, abuts the northern end of Ramesses VI's tomb, and may partly postdate it.
Ramesses VI's tomb had been looted in ancient times, along with that of Horemheb, as well as Tomb KV 12. The tomb of the 18th Dynasty monarch Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC), however, whose entrace was discovered beneath workmen's huts of the tomb of Ramesses VI, was found to be virtually intact.
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