KV30

KV30 Tomb of Unknown

The ancient Egyptian tomb KV30 in the Valley of the Kings ( East Valley ) was discovered in 1817 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, who dug for Earl Belmore. Therefore, the grave bears the name " Earl Belmore 's grave ". The grave owner is unknown.

Research and publication

After the discovery in 1817 visited 1825 James Burton and Victor Loret in 1898, the grave and created pictures of it. A publication of the work in the grave was not published. The Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas examined the grave and also described this briefly.

2009, a team of Egyptological Seminar of the University of Basel worked as part of the "University of Basel Kings' Valley Project " among other things in KV30. It was a first photographic documentation of the tomb are created. An analysis of the findings is planned for the next digging season. After completion of the work in the grave it was closed again.

Location and architecture

KV30 is located in the southwestern Wadi Valley of the Kings and is located approximately 40 m north of KV32. By design, similar to the grave KV5, but also KV12 KV27 and. It has a total length of 42.06 m, and consists of a shaft, a passage which terminates in the chamber. Go down the corridor from three side chambers. Studies showed a good quality of the rock in which it was worked. The rock itself is only processed raw and the grave has no decorations on them. However, James Burton discovered in his work in the grave a marker of red letters, which he held for stone marks. The investigations in 2009 stated that that in the Graffiti of red ink not about a stonemason.

Finds

Elizabeth Thomas discovered a piece of pottery that was so far the only documented discovery of the tomb. The object is assigned to the 18th Dynasty. It is uncertain whether the Earl of Belmore donated to the British Museum Sarcophagus (EA 39), which also dates from the 18th dynasty, comes from this grave or KV31. The excavation team of the Egyptological Seminar of the University of Basel, under the direction of Susanne Bickel, found in his work in the rubble more objects, including pottery, remains of wood and reeds, a fragment of polychrome glass and parts of wooden sarcophagi.