| The present numbering system for the sixty-two tombs in the Valley of the Kings was first established by John Gardiner Wilkinson in 1827 as part of his preparation of a map of Thebes. Wilkinson painted the numbers 1 through 21 at the entrances of the tombs that were then visible [10516, 10361]. The numbers were assigned geographically, from the entrance to the Valley southward. Since Wilkinson's day, tomb numbers have been assigned in chronological order of discovery, KV 62 (Tutankhamen) being the most recent. Wilkinson's is not the only system of tomb designation that has been used in the Valley. Several explorers assigned numbers, letters or descriptive labels to the tombs, as the accompanying chart indicates, but Wilkinson's is the only system still in use.
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| Current | Pococke | | KV 1 | A | | KV 2 | B (plan A) | | KV 3 | O (plan N) | | KV 6 | N? | | KV 7 | C | | KV 8 | D (plan B) | | KV 9 | E (plan C) | | KV 10 | L (plan L) | | KV 11 | K (plan K) | | KV 12 | F | | KV 13 | G? | | KV 14 | H (plan G) | | KV 15 | I (plan H) | | KV 18 | M (plan M) |
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| Current | Description | | KV 1 | Ier Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 2 | IIe Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 3 | Ier Tombeau à l'est | | KV 4 | IIe Tombeau à l'est | | KV 5 | Commencement d'excavation ou grotte bouchée | | KV 6 | IIIe Tombeau a l'est | | KV 7 | Commencement d'excavation ou grotte fermée | | KV 8 | IIIe Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 9 | IVe Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 10 | Ive Tombeau à l'est | | KV 11 | Ve Tombeau à l'est | | KV 13 | Commencement d'excavation ou grotte fermée | | KV 14 | Ve Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 15 | VIe Tombeau à l'ouest | | KV 18 | Excavation commencée | | KV 20 | Commencement de grotte taillée circulairement dans le rocher | | KV 22 | Tombeau isolé de l'ouest |
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| Current | Champollion | | KV 1 | 7 | | KV 2 | 13 | | KV 3 | 5 | | KV 6 | 12 | | KV 7 | 8 | | KV 11 | 1 | | KV 14 | 9 | | KV 15 | 10 | | KV 16 | 2 | | KV 17 | 3 | | KV 18 | 4 | | KV 19 | 11 |
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| Current | Burton | | KV 1 | O | | KV 2 | N | | KV 3 | P | | KV 4 | Q | | KV 5 | M | | KV 6 | L | | KV 7 | K | | KV 8 | I | | KV 9 | H | | KV 10 | G | | KV 11 | F | | KV 12 | E | | KV 13 | D | | KV 14 | C | | KV 15 | B | | KV 16 | X | | KV 17 | W | | KV 18 | U, V | | KV 19 | S | | KV 20 | R | | KV 22 | a | | KV 23 | b |
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| Lepsius | | KV 1 | 1 | | KV 2 | 2 | | KV 3 | 3 | | KV 4 | 4 | | KV 5 | 5 | | KV 6 | 6 | | KV 7 | 7 | | KV 8 | 8 | | KV 9 | 9 | | KV 10 | 10 | | KV 11 | 11 | | KV 12 | 12 | | KV 14 | 14 | | KV 15 | 15 | | KV 16 | 16 | | KV 17 | 17 | | KV 18 | 18 | | KV 19 | 19 | | KV 20 | 20 | | KV 22 | 22 | | KV 23 | 23 |
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| Belzoni | | KV 16 | 3 | | KV 17 | 6 | | KV 19 | 5 | | KV 21 | 4 | | KV 23 | 1 | | KV 25 | 2 | | KV 30 | 7 | | KV 31 | 7 |
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| Hay | | KV 1 | 1 | | KV 2 | 2 | | KV 3 | 3 | | KV 4 | 4 | | KV 5 | 8 | | KV 6 | 9 | | KV 7 | 10 | | KV 8 | 14 | | KV 9 | 15 | | KV 10 | 16 | | KV 11 | 17 | | KV 12 | 18 | | KV 13 | 19 | | KV 14 | 20 | | KV 15 | 21 | | KV 16 | 11 | | KV 17 | 12 | | KV 18 | 13 | | KV 19 | 6 | | KV 20 | 7 | | KV 26 | 22 | | KV 30 | 23 | | KV 31 | 24 |
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| Other | | KV 9 | Tomb of Memnon, La Tombe de la Métempsychose | | KV 11 | Bruce's Tomb, The Harper's Tomb | | KV 14 | S | | KV 15 | T | | KV 17 | Belzoni's tomb, the tomb of Apis, the tomb of Psammis, son of Necho (Thomas Young) | | KV 22 | WV 22, W. 1 | | KV 23 | WV 23, W. 2, "Schai" | | KV 24 | WV 24 | | KV 25 | WV 25 | | KV 30 | Lord Belmore's tomb | | KV 50 | Animal Tomb | | KV 51 | Animal Tomb | | KV 52 | Animal Tomb | | KV 56 | Gold Tomb | | KV 58 | Chariot Tomb | | KV A | WV A |
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Published or last modified on: August 23, 2002
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