Weeks, Kent R.

The lost tomb / Kent R. Weeks. - New York : William Morrow, 1999, c1998. - xv, 330 p. : ill. plates, maps. ; 25 cm.

"In 1995, an American Egyptologist discovered the burial site of the sons of Ramesses II: this is his incredible story of KV5 and its excavation. ( cover)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-312) and index.

Years b(efore) C(hicago) -- Thebes from the air -- Underground: surveying the royal tombs -- Mapping in the Valley of the Kings -- Lost tombs -- KV 5: more clues -- Discovery -- Rise of Ramesses II -- Ramesses II and his successor -- Plastered floors -- Broken pots and evil ducks -- KV 5 before and during the reign of Ramesses II -- Sons of Pharaoh -- Engineering and terrorism. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14.

0688172245 (pbk.) 9780688172244 (pbk.) 068815087X 9780688150877


Ramses II, King of Egypt.


Tombs--Egypt--Valley of the Kings.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Valley of the Kings.
Princes--Tombs.--Egypt

513 DT 73 / W395l 1998

932/.014/092