Tomb KV28 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt. It consists of a short shaft leading to a single rectangular chamber. It has been known since the 1830s as it is mentioned by John Gardiner Wilkinson. In 1889 Eugène Lefébure said it contained parts of mummies and their bandaging. The tomb was excavated in the 1990s by Donald P. Ryan who found the bones of three individuals, fragments of a limestone canopic jar, numerous wooden fragments, and early to mid Eighteenth Dynasty pottery.[1] The occupants were possibly nobles, given the tomb's proximity to the tomb of Thutmose IV.[2]
| KV28 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of Unknown | |
 Schematic of KV28 | |
  KV28 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′23.3″N 32°36′11.3″E / 25.739806°N 32.603139°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | Before 1832 |
| Excavated by | Donald P. Ryan (1990s) |
| Decoration | Undecorated |
← Previous KV27 Next → KV29 | |
Citations edit
- ^ Ryan 1994, p. 57.
- ^ Reeves & Wilkinson 1996, p. 182.
References edit
- Reeves, Nicholas; Wilkinson, Richard H. (1996). The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs (2010 paperback ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28403-2. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- Ryan, Donald P. (1994). "Exploring the Valley of the Kings". Archaeology. 47 (1): 52–59. ISSN 0003-8113. JSTOR 41770637. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
External links edit
- Theban Mapping Project: KV28 includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.