Tomb KV29 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, located in the Theban Necropolis in Egypt. It is located near the mid-eighteenth Dynasty tombs of Tiaa (KV32), Thutmose II or Merytre-Hatshepsut (KV42), and Thutmose III (KV34). The tomb was given KV29 in 1899, but no records of an earlier excavation exist. The Theban Mapping Project previously planned the entrance shaft before 1994. The University of Basel King’s Valley Project excavated the tomb in 2011.
Excavation of Tomb KV29
Excavation of the shaft began in January of 2011; half the depth proved to be flood debris from the 1994 flood and modern debris from the 1960s onwards. The rest of the shaft contained clean fill washed in during earlier floods. The final 3 metres (9.8 ft) of debris in the 9 metres (30 ft) deep shaft consisted of hard-packed limestone chips; fragmentary ceramics and four pieces of an alabaster jar were recovered from this layer. The shaft was capped with an iron door after the 2011 season.
Excavation of tomb KV29 resumed in 2016. The shaft was found to open out to the west onto a room filled with debris. The extent of the room was investigated for Swiss Television using a telescoping camera and flashlights. The architectural layout of the room is unknown, as it is so full of debris any possible side chamber doorways are obscured.
