KV18

Tomb KV18, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was intended for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses X of the Twentieth Dynasty. It was abandoned while still incomplete and never used for his burial. The tomb consists of a large entryway with decorated lintel and two steps which lead to two sections of gently sloping corridor separated by steps and gates; the tomb ends in a stepped back wall, illustrating the quarrying method used by the workmen. Despite its unfinished state, KV18 was partially decorated. The lintel above the entrance has a carved and painted scene of a central solar disc containing a scarab and a ram-headed god adored on both sides by kneeling figures of Ramesses X who is accompanied by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the left and right respectively. The door jambs preserve parts of the king's names. The first corridor has traces of decoration but the only identifiable figure is that of Ra-Horakhty on the left wall. The tomb was open in antiquity and filled with flood debris; the University of Basel's MISR: Mission Siptah-Ramesses X project counted a total of 30 layers of sediment in the second corridor. The entrance was visible in the early 19th century as the lintel decoration was copied by early Egyptologists such as Jean-François Champollion in 1826, and later by Karl Richard Lepsius. In the late 19th and early 20th century the entryway was used by

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