Tomb of Ramses IV (KV 2)

Originally meant to be much larger KV 2 was cut short at 89m due to the pharaoh’s early death in 1147 BC The grand structure was never finished and a pillared hall was converted into the burial chamber The sarcophagus is still in place and the goddess Nut is depicted on the ceiling above it you can book and visit through Luxor Day Tours provide you numerous suggestions and there are also nile cruise you can try it and if you want to book Nile Cruise Luxor Aswan and Nile Cruise Aswan to Luxor give you many offers to choose from

"Here is a brief description of this tomb."

Near the entrance of the Valley of the Kings this tomb was opened in antiquity and inhabited Greek Roman and Coptic graffiti cover the walls and shows that it was used as a shelter and even a hotel by many 18th and 19th century visitors and also there are another tombs in luxor you can visit such as Tomb of Seti I which knwon as the best tomb in the valley and Tomb of Ramses VI (KV9) which is the grandest tomb in the valley of kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun KV (62) which is one of the smaalest in the valley and Tuthmosis III ( KV 34) which deeps in the hils Tomb of Tuthmosis IV ( KV 43) which one of the largest and deepest of the 18th dynasty and Tomb of Tawosret sethnakht (KV 14) which was the wife of of seti II

Why this tomb is special?

The paintings in the burial chamber are badly damaged but the goddess Nut is still stretching across the blue ceiling This tomb is special because it has the only known text of the Book of Nut the daily path of the sun The red granite sarcophagus is empty but one of the biggest in the valley and there are also another tombs in luxor such as Tomb of Ramsis III ( KV 11) which also known as user maat ra and Tomb of Nefertari which is the best in theban necropolis and all of egypt

An ancient plan of the tomb on papyrus now in the Turin Museum shows that the sarcophagus was originally surrounded by four big shrines similar to those in Tutankhamun tomb The mummy of Ramses IV was later reburied in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35) and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and you can travel to another countries such as Alexandria Shore Excursions and Ain Sokhna Excursions and Safaga Shore Excursions and you can book through Egypt Travel Packages give you many offers to choose from also if you want to be in a private tour you can book it through Egypt Private Tours provde you with numerous suggestions to choose from also if you want to try safari tours you can book it through Egypt Safari Tours give you also many offers to choose from