tomb of Ramesses VI

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The tomb of Ramesses VI is a richly decorated New Kingdom royal burial in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, notable for its extensive religious texts and vivid mythological scenes.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian royal tomb ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
builtFor Ramesses V ⓘ
contains sarcophagus of Ramesses VI (fragmentary) ⓘ
discoveredInAntiquity true ⓘ
hasAccess modern stairway and entrance gate ⓘ
hasArtStyle Twentieth Dynasty style ⓘ
hasCeilingDecoration goddess Nut spanning the sky ⓘ
hasDecoration Amduat scenes ⓘ
linked to: Amduat

Book of Caverns scenes ⓘ
linked to: Book of Caverns

Book of Gates scenes ⓘ
Book of the Dead scenes ⓘ
Book of the Earth scenes ⓘ
astronomical ceiling ⓘ
judgment scenes ⓘ
mythological scenes of Osiris ⓘ
solar barque scenes ⓘ
hasEntranceDecoration sun disk with ram-headed deities ⓘ
hasFeature burial chamber with vaulted ceiling ⓘ
long descending corridor ⓘ
multiple side chambers ⓘ
well shaft ⓘ
hasKVNumber KV9 ⓘ
hasModernNameVariant Tomb of Ramesses V and VI ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Ramesses VI
hasPreservationIssues salt efflorescence on painted surfaces ⓘ
soot and smoke damage from ancient visitors ⓘ
hasPrimaryOccupant Ramesses VI ⓘ
hasSecondaryOccupant Ramesses V ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus part of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
hasWallText funerary liturgies ⓘ
royal titulary of Ramesses VI ⓘ
isCloseTo Tomb of Tutankhamun ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Tutankhamun
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
laterAppropriatedBy Ramesses VI ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Luxor ⓘ
Luxor Governorate ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
orientation generally east–west ⓘ
overlies Tomb of Ramesses IX ⓘ
subjectOf Egyptological studies ⓘ
tourist guidebooks ⓘ
visitedBy early European travelers ⓘ

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

Destruction of Mankind myth → attestedOn → tomb of Ramesses VI ⓘ
KV9 → alsoKnownAs → Tomb of Ramesses V and Ramesses VI ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Ramesses VI
Book of Gates → foundIn → tomb of Ramesses VI ⓘ
Tomb of Ramesses VI → hasModernNameVariant → Tomb of Ramesses V and VI ⓘ
subject linked to: tomb of Ramesses VI
linked to: tomb of Ramesses VI