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.od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egypt_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="KV42 is located in Egypt"><img alt="KV42 is located in Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Egypt_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Egypt_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Egypt_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Egypt_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Egypt_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Egypt_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="973" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.907%;left:64.128%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KV42"><img alt="KV42" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>KV42</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=KV42&params=25_44_17.1_N_32_36_02.6_E_type:landmark_region:EG"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°44′17.1″N</span> <span class="longitude">32°36′02.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.738083°N 32.600722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.738083; 32.600722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_burials_in_the_Valley_of_the_Kings#East_Valley" title="List of burials in the Valley of the Kings">East Valley of the Kings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discovered</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 1900?</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Excavated by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Loret" title="Victor Loret">Victor Loret</a> (1899?)<br /><a href="/wiki/Howard_Carter" title="Howard Carter">Howard Carter</a> (1900, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;">← <b>Previous</b><br /><a href="/wiki/KV41" title="KV41">KV41</a></div><div style="float: right;"><b>Next</b> →<br /><a href="/wiki/KV43" title="KV43">KV43</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tomb KV42</b> (Kings Valley 42) is an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Egyptian tomb">ancient Egyptian tomb</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Kings" title="Valley of the Kings">Valley of the Kings</a> near <a href="/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>, Egypt. It was constructed for <a href="/wiki/Hatshepsut-Meryetre" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatshepsut-Meryetre">Hatshepsut-Meryetre</a>, the wife of <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_III" title="Thutmose III">Thutmose III</a>, but she was not buried in the tomb. It may have been reused by <a href="/wiki/Sennefer" title="Sennefer">Sennefer</a>, a mayor of <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a> during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_II" title="Amenhotep II">Amenhotep II</a>, and by several members of his family.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tomb has a <a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">cartouche</a>-shaped burial chamber, like other early <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a> tombs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery,_layout,_and_contents"><span id="Discovery.2C_layout.2C_and_contents"></span>Discovery, layout, and contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KV42&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery, layout, and contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_(90568tf).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg/170px-Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg/255px-Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg/340px-Dummy_Jar_Inscribed_for_Sennefer_and_Senetnay_MET_32.2.3_%2890568tf%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption>A model vessel inscribed for Sennefer and Senetnay</figcaption></figure> <p>The tomb was uncovered by two local <a href="/wiki/Copts" title="Copts">Copts</a>, Chinouda Macarios and Boutros Andraos, in late 1900;<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they obtained an excavation permit through their statement that they knew the location of a tomb. However, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Carter" title="Howard Carter">Howard Carter</a> notes in his report that "I doubt the secret was really their own, as the site was discovered by and known to <a href="/wiki/Victor_Loret" title="Victor Loret">Monsieur Loret</a> some eighteen months previously, and probably their informations was obtained from his workmen."<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The excavation commenced on 27 November 1900 and the blocking in the doorway was officially taken down on 9 December. Only the lower part of the door sealing was original, the rest being composed of fallen rock. It was immediately apparent that the tomb had suffered from ancient robbing and had been inundated with water.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>On inspecting the interior, the former plundering of this tomb was only too evident, for the funereal furniture, vases, and <a href="/wiki/Canopic_jar" title="Canopic jar">Canopic jars</a>, were mashed and lying about the ground of the passages and chambers, evidently just as the former robbers had thrown them, some being partly buried in the fine yellow mud, now dry, which had covered the floors of the lower chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The cartouche-shaped burial chamber contained an unfinished stone <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a>, the lid of which was propped up with a piece of wood. The tomb contained a set of well-preserved canopic jars belonging to Sentnay, the wife of Sennefer.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Analysis of the remnants of the embalming balm from two of these jars housed in Museum August Kestner, Germany, identified they were composed of a complex blend of plant oils, beeswax, fat, bitumen, and <i><a href="/wiki/Pinaceae" title="Pinaceae">Pinaceae</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Dammar_gum" title="Dammar gum">dammar</a> or <i><a href="/wiki/Pistacia" title="Pistacia">Pistacia</a></i> resins, many of which were imported into Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A set of fragmentary jars were located, along with an alabaster offering table, both inscribed for a woman named Baketra who bore the title "<a href="/wiki/Khekeret-nisut" title="Khekeret-nisut">royal ornament</a>". Additionally, four canopic jar lids in the form of bearded heads were found which Carter suggested belonged to Sennefer.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unspecified number of model vessels inscribed for both Sennefer and Sentnay were also found.<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wood once present in the tomb had rotted, though there was evidence of sledge-style bases and wooden coffins, the ivory inlay of which "was impossible to preserve, as, on being touched, it instantly fell to pieces."<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter suggested that the tomb was robbed for its metal during the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-second Dynasty</a>, as the foreman found "some gold leaf and an exquisite gold inlay rosette, probably the bottom part of a <a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">menat</a> wrenched off..."<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the upper passageway. He also suggested that the tomb had been reentered "in comparatively late times," as antiquities were found scattered on the dry mud inside and many pottery vessels were encountered sitting on the steps outside the burial chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The small room off the burial chamber contained approximately twenty to thirty whole and broken earthenware jars, some of which were still sealed. Carter thought the space might contain a burial shaft as there was a dip in the floor but excavation proved this was not the case.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only the burial chamber was decorated. Part of the ceiling is covered with yellow stars on a blue background; in the rest of thebroom only the upper parts of the walls containing the dado and <i>khekher</i>-frieze were painted.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graffito">Graffito</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KV42&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Graffito"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A graffito inscription occurs at the entrance of the KV42: </p> <blockquote><p>3rd month of summer, day 23: work was begun on this tomb by the necropolis team, when the scribe <a href="/wiki/Butehamun" title="Butehamun">Butehamun</a> went to the town to see the general's arrival in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-Complete_votk_102-103_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complete_votk_102-103-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This may record the uncovering and emptying of the tomb on the orders of <a href="/wiki/Piankh" title="Piankh">Piankh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Amun" title="High Priest of Amun">High Priest of Amun</a>, either for reburial elsewhere or as part of a state-sanctioned campaign of robbery.<sup id="cite_ref-Complete_votk_102-103_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complete_votk_102-103-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intended_ownership">Intended ownership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KV42&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Intended ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg/170px-Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg/255px-Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg/340px-Model_Ointment_Jar_from_a_Foundation_Deposit_MET_32-2-19_Gal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2427" data-file-height="2996" /></a><figcaption>Model jar inscribed for Merytre-Hatshepsut</figcaption></figure> <p>There is no agreement on the original owner of the tomb. The unfinished quartzite sarcophagus is seen as an indication that the tomb may have at some point been intended for <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_II" title="Thutmose II">Thutmose II</a>. However, no trace of royal funerary equipment was found in the tomb, making it doubtful that the tomb was ever used for a royal burial.<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lack of the customary figural decoration with scenes from the <a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a>, which in this period were only executed after the funeral, also supports the idea this tomb was never used.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_votk_decline_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves_votk_decline-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discovery of <a href="/wiki/Foundation_deposit" title="Foundation deposit">foundation deposits</a> by Carter in 1921 point to the intended owner being Queen <a href="/wiki/Merytre-Hatshepsut" title="Merytre-Hatshepsut">Merytre-Hatshepsut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_1923_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_1923-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unusually, the vessels in this foundation deposit are inscribed in hieratic written in ink instead of the usual incised, blue pigment-filled hieroglyphs. This may indicate the vessels are secondary, to claim the tomb left vacant by Thutmose II.<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the tomb ever held the body of Thutmose II, it would have been usurped from the queen.<sup id="cite_ref-Preys_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preys-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sennefer_and_Senetnay">Sennefer and Senetnay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KV42&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sennefer and Senetnay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter ascribed the tomb to Sennefer, a mayor of Thebes, based on the presence of a set of canopic jars belonging to Sentnay, four male canopic jar lids, and numerous model vessels inscribed for the pair.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Catherine Roehrig, in her tracing of the tomb's contents, proposed that Sentnay, as the royal nurse of Amenhotep II, was originally granted a burial elsewhere in the Valley and later re-interred in KV42 with two other individuals as part of a cache, possibly as late as the 21st Dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholas Reeves sees the presence of parts of the original blocking and the storage jars as proof that the tomb was used for a primary burial. He suggests that Sennefer and Sentnay were granted use of the tomb by Amenhotep II,<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_votk_decline_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves_votk_decline-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> something which Marianne Eaton-Krauss considers highly unlikely given that <a href="/wiki/Yuya" title="Yuya">Yuya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tjuyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tjuyu">Tjuyu</a>, the parents in-law of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a> were granted a much smaller, undecorated tomb (<a href="/wiki/KV46" class="mw-redirect" title="KV46">KV46</a>) despite their close relationship to the king.<sup id="cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KV42&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160101180858/http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_856.html">"KV 42 (Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_856.html">the original</a> on 2016-01-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-06-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=KV+42+%28Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebanmappingproject.com%2Fsites%2Fbrowse_tomb_856.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MEK_1999-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MEK_1999_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEaton-Krauss1999" class="citation journal cs1">Eaton-Krauss, M. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3822430">"The Fate of Sennefer and Senetnay at Karnak Temple and in the Valley of the Kings"</a>. <i>The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology</i>. <b>85</b>: 113–129. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3822430">10.2307/3822430</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0307-5133">0307-5133</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3822430">3822430</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Egyptian+Archaeology&rft.atitle=The+Fate+of+Sennefer+and+Senetnay+at+Karnak+Temple+and+in+the+Valley+of+the+Kings&rft.volume=85&rft.pages=113-129&rft.date=1999&rft.issn=0307-5133&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3822430%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F3822430&rft.aulast=Eaton-Krauss&rft.aufirst=M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3822430&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carter_ASAE_1901-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carter_ASAE_1901_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarter1901" class="citation journal cs1">Carter, Howard (1901). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/annalesduservice02egypuoft/page/196/mode/2up">"Report Upon the Tomb of Sen-Nefer Found at Biban el-Molouk Near that of Thotmes III No. 34"</a>. <i>Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte</i>. <b>2</b>: 196–200<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annales+du+Service+des+Antiquit%C3%A9s+de+l%27%C3%89gypte&rft.atitle=Report+Upon+the+Tomb+of+Sen-Nefer+Found+at+Biban+el-Molouk+Near+that+of+Thotmes+III+No.+34&rft.volume=2&rft.pages=196-200&rft.date=1901&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fannalesduservice02egypuoft%2Fpage%2F196%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHuberHammannLoebenJha2023" class="citation journal cs1">Huber, B.; Hammann, S.; Loeben, C. E.; Jha, D. K.; Vassão, D. G.; Larsen, T.; Spengler, R. N.; Fuller, D. Q.; Roberts, P.; Devièse, T.; Boivin, N. (31 August 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39393-y">"Biomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings"</a>. <i>Scientific Reports</i>. <b>13</b> (1): 12477. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-023-39393-y">10.1038/s41598-023-39393-y</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10072%2F428837">10072/428837</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2045-2322">2045-2322</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Scientific+Reports&rft.atitle=Biomolecular+characterization+of+3500-year-old+ancient+Egyptian+mummification+balms+from+the+Valley+of+the+Kings&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=12477&rft.date=2023-08-31&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10072%2F428837&rft.issn=2045-2322&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1038%2Fs41598-023-39393-y&rft.aulast=Huber&rft.aufirst=B.&rft.au=Hammann%2C+S.&rft.au=Loeben%2C+C.+E.&rft.au=Jha%2C+D.+K.&rft.au=Vass%C3%A3o%2C+D.+G.&rft.au=Larsen%2C+T.&rft.au=Spengler%2C+R.+N.&rft.au=Fuller%2C+D.+Q.&rft.au=Roberts%2C+P.&rft.au=Devi%C3%A8se%2C+T.&rft.au=Boivin%2C+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41598-023-39393-y&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Complete_votk_102-103-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Complete_votk_102-103_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Complete_votk_102-103_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReevesWilkinson1996" class="citation book cs1">Reeves, Nicholas; Wilkinson, Richard H. (1996). <i>The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs</i> (2010 paperback reprint ed.). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. pp. 102–103. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-500-28403-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-500-28403-2"><bdi>978-0-500-28403-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+Valley+of+the+Kings%3A+Tombs+and+Treasures+of+Egypt%27s+Greatest+Pharaohs&rft.place=London&rft.pages=102-103&rft.edition=2010+paperback+reprint&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson+Ltd&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-500-28403-2&rft.aulast=Reeves&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rft.au=Wilkinson%2C+Richard+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Reeves_votk_decline-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Reeves_votk_decline_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reeves_votk_decline_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReeves1990" class="citation book cs1">Reeves, C. N. (1990). <i>Valley of the Kings: Decline of a royal necropolis</i>. London: Kegan Paul International. pp. 24–25. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7103-0368-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7103-0368-8"><bdi>0-7103-0368-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Valley+of+the+Kings%3A+Decline+of+a+royal+necropolis&rft.place=London&rft.pages=24-25&rft.pub=Kegan+Paul+International&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-7103-0368-8&rft.aulast=Reeves&rft.aufirst=C.+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carter_1923-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Carter_1923_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarterMace1923" class="citation book cs1">Carter, Howard; Mace, A. C. (1923). <i>The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Volume I</i>. London: Cassell and Company Ltd. p. 84.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tomb+of+Tut-Ankh-Amen+Volume+I&rft.place=London&rft.pages=84&rft.pub=Cassell+and+Company+Ltd.&rft.date=1923&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft.au=Mace%2C+A.+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKV42" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Preys-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Preys_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">René Preys, Les tombes non-royales de la Vallée des Rois, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 40 (2011), pp. 315–338, <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41812322">41812322</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_burials_in_the_Valley_of_the_Kings" title="List of burials in the Valley of the Kings">Tombs</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Minor_tombs_in_the_Valley_of_the_Kings" title="Minor tombs in the Valley of the Kings">minor</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Valley</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KV1" title="KV1">KV1 <small>(Ramesses VII)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV2" title="KV2">KV2 <small>(Ramesses IV)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV3" title="KV3">KV3 <small>(son of Ramesses III)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV4" title="KV4">KV4 <small>(Ramesses XI)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV5" title="KV5">KV5 <small>(sons of Ramesses II)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV6" title="KV6">KV6 <small>(Ramesses IX)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV7" title="KV7">KV7 <small>(Ramesses II)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV8" title="KV8">KV8 <small>(Merenptah)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV9" title="KV9">KV9 <small>(Ramesses V and Ramesses VI)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV10" title="KV10">KV10 <small>(Amenmesse)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV11" title="KV11">KV11 <small>(Ramesses III)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV12" title="KV12">KV12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV13" title="KV13">KV13 <small>(Bay)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV14" title="KV14">KV14 <small>(Twosret and Sethnakhte)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV15" title="KV15">KV15 <small>(Seti II)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV16" title="KV16">KV16 <small>(Ramesses I)</small></a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/KV36" title="KV36">KV36 <small>(Maiherpri)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV37" title="KV37">KV37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV38" title="KV38">KV38 <small>(Thutmose I)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV39" title="KV39">KV39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV40" title="KV40">KV40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV41" title="KV41">KV41</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">KV42 <small>(Sennefer)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV43" title="KV43">KV43 <small>(Thutmose IV)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV44" title="KV44">KV44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV45" title="KV45">KV45 <small>(Userhet)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Yuya_and_Thuya" title="Tomb of Yuya and Thuya">KV46 <small>(Yuya and Thuya)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV47" title="KV47">KV47 <small>(Siptah)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV48" title="KV48">KV48 <small>(Amenemipet)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV49" title="KV49">KV49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV50" title="KV50">KV50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV51" title="KV51">KV51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV52" title="KV52">KV52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV53" title="KV53">KV53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV54" title="KV54">KV54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV55" title="KV55">KV55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV56" title="KV56">KV56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV57" title="KV57">KV57 <small>(Horemheb)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV58" title="KV58">KV58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV59" title="KV59">KV59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV60" title="KV60">KV60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV61" title="KV61">KV61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Tutankhamun" title="Tomb of Tutankhamun">KV62 <small>(Tutankhamun)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV63" title="KV63">KV63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV64" title="KV64">KV64 <small>(Nehmes Bastet)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KV65" title="KV65">KV65</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West Valley</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WV22" title="WV22">WV22 <small>(Amenhotep III)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WV23" title="WV23">WV23 <small>(Ay)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WV24" title="WV24">WV24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WV25" title="WV25">WV25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVA" title="WVA">WVA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Valley_of_the_Kings" title="Exploration of the Valley of the Kings">Exploration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun" title="Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun">Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarna_Royal_Tombs_Project" title="Amarna Royal Tombs Project">Amarna Royal Tombs Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theban_Mapping_Project" title="Theban Mapping Project">Theban Mapping Project</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deir_el-Medina" title="Deir el-Medina">Deir el-Medina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Cache" title="Royal Cache">Royal Cache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Queens" title="Valley of the Queens">Valley of the Queens</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_burials_in_the_Valley_of_the_Queens" title="List of burials in the Valley of the Queens">burials</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" 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