The desert necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes.
Amenhotep I is thought to have devised the idea behind the Valley of the Kings, but it was Tuthmosis I who was the first King to be buried in the Valley.

There are two main branches to the Valley of the Kings - east and west, the greatest number of tombs are found in the eastern side - in the western side lie the tombs of Amenhotep III and Ay.

 

 

 

1. Ramesses VII 22. Amenhotep III (WV22)

43. Tuthmosis IV

(Davis / Carter 1903)

2. Ramesses IV 23. Ay (WV23)

44. Anen ?

(Antiquities Service / Carter 1901)

3. ca. Ramesses III

(Davis / Burton 1912)

24. Unknown (WV24) 

45. Userhet

(Davis / Carter 1902)

4. Ramesses XI 25. Akhenaten? (WV25)

46. Yuya and Tuya

(Davis / Quibell 1905)

5. Sons of Ramesses II 26. Unknown

47. Siptah

(Davis / Ayrton 1905)

6. Ramesses IX 27. Unknown

48. Amenemopet

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

7. Ramesses II 28. Unknown

49. Maya ?

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

8. Merneptah

(Carnarvon / Carter 1920)
29. Unknown

50. Animals

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

9. Ramesses V / VI 30. Unknown

51. Animals

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

10. Amenmesse 31. Unknown

52. Animals

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

11. Ramesses III 32. Unknown

53. Unknown

(Davis / Ayrton 1906)

12. unknown

 

33. ca. Tuthmosis III

 

54. Tutankhamun - 'Embalming Cache'

(Davis / Ayrton 1907)

13. Bay 34. Tuthmosis III (below 37)

55. Amarna Cache

(Davis / Ayrton 1907)

14. Tausert and Setnakht 35. Amenhotep II

56. Gold Tomb

(Davis / Ayrton 1908)

15. Seti II 36. Maiherperi

57. Horemheb

(Davis / Ayrton 1908)

16. Ramesses I 37. ca Tuthmosis III

58. ca. Ay

(Davis / Ayrton 1909)

17. Seti I 38. Tuthmosis I 59. Unknown
18. Ramesses X 39. Unknown 60. Hatshepsut's wet-nurse

(Carter / Davis 1903)

19. Mentuherkhepshef 40. Unknown

61. Two women

(Davis / Ayrton 1910)

20. Hatshepsut

(Davis / Carter 1903 /4)

41. Unknown

62. Tutankhamun

(Carnarvon / Carter 1922)

21. Two Queens

 

42. Hatshepsut-Meryetre / Tuthmosis II

(Andraos / Carter & Macariaos 1900)

(below 37)

 X - Faience cup of Tutankhamun

(Davis / Ayrton 1905)

Giovanni Belzoni discovering the tomb of Seti I