Valley of the Kings
- KV1 tomb of Ramesses VII - XXth
Dynasty
The
tomb of Ramesses VII is among those accessible since antiquity. The tomb
proper consists of only the entrance (B), a first
corridor
(C) with entrance with solar disc flanked by king and goddesses and the burial chamber
(C) with a small extension room (D)
and niche (a). It has been argued that the
finish of the masonry and the fine quality of the relief work indicate a
planned and executed small-scale tomb, perhaps created with a
realization that the king would have little time to complete the
structure. The sarcophagusconsists of a rock-cut hollow covered by a massive, roughly
cartouche-shaped block of stone decorated with figures of Isis, Nephtys,
Selkis and the four sons of Horus. The mummy of Ramesses VII has not yet
been identified.
A - ascending passage
B - corridor(king
before various deites; scenes from the Book of Gates and the Book of
Caverns)
C - burial chamber
and sacophagus
(scenes from the Book of the Earth; astronomical ceiling with double Nut
image) D - extension room(king before Osiris)
a - niche