KV57

KV57
Burial site of Horemheb
The burial chamber of Horemheb, showing the unfinished decoration and his sarcophagus
KV57
Coordinates	25°44′23.6″N 32°36′02.6″E / 25.739889°N 32.600722°E / 25.739889; 32.600722
Location	East Valley of the Kings
Discovered	22 February 1908
Excavated by	Edward R. Ayrton (1908) Geoffrey Thorndike Martin (2006-7)
Decoration	Horemheb making offerings to gods and goddesses; Book of Gates
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Tomb KV57 is the royal tomb of Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty and is located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

The tomb was located by Edward Ayrton in February 1908 for Theodore Davis. Due to its location in the valley floor, the tomb was filled with debris that had washed down during occasional flash-flooding. The tomb is markedly different from previous Eighteenth Dynasty royal tombs as it has a straightened axis, and has painted reliefs instead of murals; the Book of Gates also appears for the first time. The king's red granite sarcophagus was found with its lid broken, though otherwise intact. The tomb contained the remains of several burials, none of them conclusively belonging to Horemheb.