The tomb of Ramses IV is located in the main wadis of the Valley of the Kings. Discovered in 1718 by the Jesuit Claude Sicard, it is referenced KV2.
It was excavated and studied by big names in Egyptology: Richard Pocock, James Burton, Edward Ayrton and Howard Carter. The Supreme Council of Antiquities has carried out the necessary conservation and preservation measures and can now discover the beauty of this burial.
This tomb is one of the few whose plane was found (on a papyrus in the Turin Museum). It is small in size (66 m long). The most impressive is, without any doubt, the width of hallways designed to allow the passage of one of the largest granite sarcophagi in the necropolis: 3.30 mx 2.13 m and 2.74 m high!
It was excavated and studied by big names in Egyptology: Richard Pocock, James Burton, Edward Ayrton and Howard Carter. The Supreme Council of Antiquities has carried out the necessary conservation and preservation measures and can now discover the beauty of this burial.
This tomb is one of the few whose plane was found (on a papyrus in the Turin Museum). It is small in size (66 m long). The most impressive is, without any doubt, the width of hallways designed to allow the passage of one of the largest granite sarcophagi in the necropolis: 3.30 mx 2.13 m and 2.74 m high!
Ramses IV is a pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty. He reigned little time, 1153 to 1147. It would be the fifth son of Ramses III. During his reign he undertook many buildings, doubling the numbers of workers of Deir el Medina. He also sponsored expeditions to the quarries of Wadi Hammamat and Sinai.
His mummy was found in 1898 by Victor Loret in the hiding place of the KV 35 tomb of Amenhotep II. After the heavy sarcophagus was broken and moved lid, the priests of the XXI Dynasty had put away to prevent further violations.
The Harris Papyrus (named after the collector) located at the British Museum provides important evidence on the life of the Pharaoh.
His mummy was found in 1898 by Victor Loret in the hiding place of the KV 35 tomb of Amenhotep II. After the heavy sarcophagus was broken and moved lid, the priests of the XXI Dynasty had put away to prevent further violations.
The Harris Papyrus (named after the collector) located at the British Museum provides important evidence on the life of the Pharaoh.