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This page is under construction. It currently has only limited use.
 
General
 
Historical Development of Royal Cemeteries
Site describing the historical development of Royal tombs and cemeteries outside of Thebes and inside Thebes during the early Dynastic and Second Intermediate periods.  Nice photos and digital mock-ups with parts of tombs, temples labeled.
 
Valley of the Kings
 
Sites in the Valley of the Kings
This incredible site, or rather gateway, into the Valley of the Kings, provided by the Theban Mapping Project, begins with a simple map of the Valley with the Tombs numbered.  Click on a Tomb, and you enter their Atlas, where you will find a short movie introduction by  Dr. Kent Weeks, a slide show, cutaway views of the tomb from different angles, and numbered points on the cutaways (clickable) where you can get information and photos about what is to be seen at that point.
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/
 
Tutankamun - KV62 - Anatomy of an Excavation
Griffith Institute site, tremendous amount of information.  Database of all the finds, gallery of all the photographs, read Carter's excavation and pocket diaries, Carter's notes made in preparation of the complete publication of the tomb.  Also includes A. C. Mace's diary of the first excavation season, eyewitness accounts of the opening of Tutankamun's burial chamber by A. C. Mace and A. H. Gardiner, and detailed lists of all records connected with Tutankamun's tomb in the Archives of the Griffith Institute.  In the future, they will add maps and plans, Carter's drawings of the mummy and objects in in situ, Alfred Lucan's Register of Samples, his notebook on Examination of materials and his notes on conservation.  Other photos will also be added.
 
A Visit To KV 35 (Pierre Loti-1909)
French writer Pierre Loti's wonderful description written in 1909 about his trip to the Valley of the Kings and into the depths of KV 35, the tomb of Amenhotep, where several mummies including that of the Pharaoh still resided.
 
Valley of the Queens
 
Nefertari - QV66 - 3DVRML Tour
Beautiful virtual tour of the tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens, Luxor.
 
 
Other West Bank Tombs
 
DB320 - Royal Mummy Cache -
Dimensions, inscriptions, Maspero's description of discovery, markings on the mummies, links to the mummies and some artifacts.