KV21 2922221 165805133 2007-10-20T08:40:34Z Markh 246753 tidyup - don't sign articles {{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]] {{Ancient-Egypt-stub}} [[es:KV21]] [[fr:KV21]] [[it:KV21]] [[fi:KV21]]