KV38

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KV38
Burial site of Thutmose I
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KV38
Coordinates 25°44′19.9″N32°35′59.1″E / 25.738861°N 32.599750°E / 25.738861; 32.599750
Location East Valley of the Kings
DiscoveredMarch 1899
Excavated by Victor Loret (1899)
Howard Carter (1919)
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KV38 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was used for the reburial of Pharaoh Thutmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and was where his body was removed to (from KV20) by Thutmose III before ultimately being relocated to the Royal Cache, located in Deir el-Bahri, during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.

On fragments of the background of the burial chamber, it was discovered that the tomb also contained portions of the Amduat, a funerary text commonly found in royal tombs of the period intended to guide deceased royalty through the afterlife. [1]

References

  1. Richter, Barbara A. (2008). "The Amduat and Its Relationship to the Architecture of Early 18th Dynasty Royal Burial Chambers". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 44: 73–104. ISSN   0065-9991. JSTOR   27801622.