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{{EgyptianRoyalTombDetail|
Name = KV21|
Location = [[Valley of the Kings#East Valley|East Valley of the Kings]]|
Date = [[9 October]] [[1817]]|
Owner = Unknown|
Excavated = [[Giovanni Battista Belzoni|Giovanni Belzoni]]|
Prev=[[KV20]]|
Next=[[WV22]]|
}}
'''Tomb KV21''' is located in [[Egypt]]'s [[Valley of the Kings]]. It contains the [[Mummy|mummies]] of two women, thought to be [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]] [[Monarch|queens]].
It was discovered by [[Giovanni Battista Belzoni|Giovanni Belzoni]] in 1817, Belzoni described how easily the hair came out of one of the mummies when he tugged at it.
The tomb has a small low chamber next to the burial chamber where large white washed jars (probably containg embalming waste) were located.
[[James Burton (Egyptologist)|James Burton]], who mapped it in 1825, called it a "clean new tomb".
However when the tomb was re investigated in 1989 by [[Donald Ryan]], the mummies had been torn to pieces and the jars off the burial chamber were smashed with a large graffito left on one of the tombs walls proclaimed "ME 1826".
==References==
*Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. <cite>The Complete Valley of the Kings</cite>, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
*Siliotti, A. <cite>Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples</cite>, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.
*Belzoni, Giovanni <cite>Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries in Egypt and Nubia;...<cite>1820, John Murray, London
==External links==
*[http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_835.html Theban Mapping Project: KV21] - Includes description, images, and plans of the tomb.
[[Category:Valley of the Kings|KV21]]
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