KV8

E389969

KV8 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Merenptah, notable for its large scale and well-preserved reliefs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
KV8 canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Valley of the Kings tomb ⓘ
ancient Egyptian tomb ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ
approximateDate 13th century BCE ⓘ
associatedDynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
associatedPharaoh Merenptah ⓘ
linked to: Merneptah
belongsToNecropolis Theban Necropolis ⓘ
builtFor Merenptah ⓘ
linked to: Merneptah
constructionType rock-cut ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Egyptian funerary architecture ⓘ
discoveredInAntiquity true ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature multiple descending corridors ⓘ
pillared burial chamber ⓘ
well-cut rock surfaces ⓘ
hasBurial Merenptah ⓘ
linked to: Merneptah
hasChamber burial chamber ⓘ
side chambers ⓘ
hasConservationStatus relatively well preserved ⓘ
hasCorridor multiple corridors ⓘ
hasDecoration painted reliefs ⓘ
wall reliefs ⓘ
hasEntrance staircase and corridors descending into the cliff ⓘ
hasNotableFeature large scale ⓘ
well-preserved reliefs ⓘ
hasOrientation cut into the cliffs of the Valley of the Kings ⓘ
hasOwner Merenptah ⓘ
linked to: Merneptah
hasReligiousText Amduat ⓘ
Book of Gates ⓘ
Book of the Dead ⓘ
other royal funerary texts ⓘ
hasSarcophagus granite sarcophagus of Merenptah ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Luxor Governorate ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
West Bank of Luxor ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
modernExcavation 19th century CE ⓘ
nearbySite KV7 ⓘ
KV9 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
period New Kingdom ⓘ
tombNumber KV8 ⓘ
tourismSignificance important visitor site in the Valley of the Kings ⓘ
usedFor royal burial ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merneptah → burialTomb → KV8 ⓘ
KV7 → isNear → KV8 ⓘ
KV8 → tombNumber → KV8 ⓘ
Wadi al-Muluk → contains → KV8 ⓘ