Tomb of King Ramses V + King Ramesses VI

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One of the tombs belonging to the kings of ancient Egypt, and that tomb is not only affiliated with but also belonged to King Ramses VI. Know about King Ramses V in a brief in addition to other information about the tomb in terms of the specifications it came with.

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Tomb of King Ramses V

• The tomb of King Ramses V is known as Tomb 9, while its international name is KV9 and its location is in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
• It was built by Pharaoh Ramses V to be her last shelter.
• But the tomb was used by his uncle Ramses VI, who was buried in the tomb, but at a later time.
• The design of the tomb is similar to the rest of the tombs belonging to the kings of the Ramesside Twentieth Dynasty.
• But it comes with a kind of simplicity compared to the tomb of King Ramses III, which bears the number 11.
• King Ramses V’s uncle expanded that tomb after that.

Design

• The cemetery comes with a set of somewhat descending passages, which come in a straight line.
• These corridors lead to the burial chamber, which comes deep underground.
• The tomb inscriptions were in good condition at the time they were found, but were rather poor compared to the inscriptions that came from the tombs of the kings of the Ninth Dynasty.
• The tomb contains a group of scenes, as usual for kings, which are usually funerary scenes.
• The goal of having such inscriptions is to help the king in his journey during the transition to the other world so that it is easy.
• The first descending corridors came with a group of inscriptions that adorned them, and they belonged to the Book of Gates, a funerary book, in addition to the Book of Caves.
• Another set of corridors is decorated with inscriptions from the Book of the Unlettered Duat and the Book of the Dead, and these books are also funerary books.
• The burial chamber was somewhat different in terms of the type of inscriptions that were used to decorate the chamber, which was inspired by the Book of the Earth.
• While the ceiling came with a set of astronomical inscriptions and inscriptions that are a set of spells, in addition to maps of the underworld.
• These maps illustrate the sun god’s nightly journey in which he brings life back to earth.

Dates of visiting the tomb of Ramses V
Daily from 7:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the evening.

Entrance tickets to the tomb of Ramses V
The ticket price for adult foreigners is 100 Egyptian pounds, and for foreign students 50 pounds.
The ticket price for Egyptian adults is 30 pounds, and for students 10 pounds.

Tomb of Ramses VI is one of the most famous Pharaonic Tombs in Valley of the Kings in Luxor Egypt.

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Tomb of Ramses VI

Burial number: KV9

Facts of the tomb of King Ramses VI:

1. Tomb No. 9 in the Valley of the Kings was first built for Ramesses V, who may have been buried in it for the short period of time necessary for another, likely undecorated tomb, to be cut for him somewhere else in the Valley of Kings and which remains to be discovered.  In any case, Kings Ramesses VI commanded that KV9 be entirely refurbished for himself with no space left for Ramesses V’s permanent burial, who was finally led to rest in Ramesses VI’s second year on the throne, possibly because stability had returned to Thebes at the time.
2. Within 20 years of Ramesses VI’s burial, the tomb was most probably desecrated and ransacked by grave robbers, who hacked away at the hands and feet of Ramesses’ mummy to gain access to his jewelry.
3. The granite sarcophagus was restored in 2004 following two years of work on over 250 fragments recovered in the tomb, where it is now on display in the British Museum.
4. Zahi Hawass, then head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, unsuccessfully requested the return of the sarcophagus’ face from the British Museum to Egypt.
5. The tomb was officially opened for visitors in 1888 AD.
6. The tomb of King Ramses VI is one of the largest royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

 Map of the Tomb of Ramses VI from the inside:

• The entrance is decorated with a disk containing a scarab and an image of the ram-headed Ra between Isis and Nephthys who are kneeling. The jambs and thicknesses, mentions the name of Ramesses VI. The jambs are usurped from Ramesses V.
• The design of the tomb is straight downward, with a depth of up to 93 meters.
• The area of ​​the tomb is 510 square meters and the length is 117 meters.
• It contains 5 successive corridors, then the pillared hall, and 4 special rooms for storing royal treasures, royal food, and all the tools of the king that he uses in his other life after emission, then the royal burial chamber that contains the coffin..
• King Ramses VI was interested in engraving the walls of the tomb and all the walls of the rooms with engravings from the journey of the god Ra from Book of Gates in the other world and the trial of the dead in front of the court.

First corridor

On both sides are images of Ramesses VI before Ra-Harakhti and Osiris. The scenes originally depicted Ramesses V but were usurped. On the south wall of the corridor are scenes from the Book of Gates, while the north wall is decorated with scenes from the Book of Caverns.  The ceilings are decorated with astronomical figures and constellations in the first few divisions of the corridor, while in the last two divisions, and continuing into the first hall, is a double presentation of both the Book of the Day and the Book of the Night, framed by an elongated image of the goddess Nut.

Lounge and waiting room (the Hall):

The corridor ends in a pillared hall. On the left (south) wall the Book of Gates is continued. The decorations show divisions 10 and 11 including Nun holding up the bark of Ra with Nut above the scene. On the right side of the hall (the north) the Book of Caverns scenes continue. Above the entrance to the next corridor the king is shown censing and libating before Osiris. Ramesses VI is shown in a variety of scenes before gods and goddesses such as Meretseger, Khonsu, Ptah and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.

As previously mentioned, the ceiling of the hall is decorated with the remainder of the Book of the Day and the Night, framed by an elongated image of the goddess Nut. The ramp descending to the next corridor is flanked on either side by two images of winged cobras with crowns, representing the goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt.

The second corridor:

In the descent to the second corridor the decorations show scenes from the Book of the Amduat. The ceiling depicts the barks of Ra and the Books of the Day and Night. Ramesses VI is shown before Hekau, and Maat.

The second hall – Tomb of Ramses VI:

The second corridor ends with a second and final hall containing a pharaonic inscription from the Book of the Dead.

The walls of the hall contain inscriptions in black and red ink in Greek, Latin, Democratic and Coptic languages ​​for people who used to visit the tomb of kings through the ages of the civilization of ancient Egypt.

The mummy of King Ramses VI:

• Unfortunately, it was severely damaged by other tomb scavengers and robbers. When the mummy was unwrapped, the body parts were highly disarrayed.
• The mummy was transferred in the era of King Pinedjem I “21st Dynasty” to Tomb No. 35 of King Amenhotep II.
• The mummy was discovered in a dilapidated condition in 1898 AD by archaeologist victor Loret.
• After analyzing the mummy of King Ramses VI, it was found that he died when he was 40 years old.
• Tomb robbers used an ax to break the head and torso of the mummy to get the jewelry and gold that was on the pharaonic mummy.

 The inscription of the corridors in the cemetery:

You will see an inscription on the walls of the first corridor of King Ramses VI standing in front of the goddess Ra-Harakhti and Osiris, in addition to a pharaonic inscription from the Book of Gates.

Engravings and writings in the ancient Egyptian language were drawn on all the walls of the second corridor.

An entire inscription was drawn from the Funerary Book of Amduat, which depicts the king’s journey in the other world at night until he reaches the gates, in addition to the inscription of the journey of the god Ra from west to east at night for 12 hours until the next morning.

The fifth corridor contains a continuation of a journey from the end of the fourth lane.

The ceilings are decorated with astronomical figures and constellations in the first few divisions of the corridor, while in the last two divisions, and continuing into the first hall, is a double presentation of both the Book of the Day and the Book of the Night, framed by an elongated image of the goddess Nut.

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