Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona, author or editor of ten books, including Tausret.Kent R. Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and author or editor of twelve books on ancient Egypt.

• ContributorsAbbreviationsPreface Part I: IntroductionRichard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks Part II: The Natural Setting 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings Judith M. Bunbury2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches Kent R. Weeks3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity Andreas Dorn Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis John H. Taylor5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings Aidan Dodson Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina Robert J. Demarée 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places Andreas Dorn8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs Kent R. Weeks9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings Lyla Pinch-Brock Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes Heather L. McCarthy Part VI: Individual KV Tombs12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen Catharine H. Roehrig 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty Hartwig Altenmueller14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty Aidan Dodson15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV Susanne Bickel Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs16. Sarcophagi Aidan Dodson17. Canopics Aidan Dodson18. Other Tomb Goods Campbell Price Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings Alexandra von Lieven20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts Joshua Roberson Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings Richard H. Wilkinson23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches John H. Taylor Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies Rosalie David26. Modern Biomedical Studies Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA Ryan Metcalfe Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes Martina Ullmann29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls Carola Vogel30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings Ogden Goelet Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti Filip Coppens32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century Joyce Tyldesley Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford34. The Search for Other Tombs Stephen W. Cross35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys Adam Lowe36. Conservation and Flood Protection Michael Jones37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings Kent R. Weeks38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna Kees van der Spek AppendixIndex

Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona, author or editor of ten books, including Tausret.Kent R. Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and author or editor of twelve books on ancient Egypt.

• ContributorsAbbreviationsPreface Part I: IntroductionRichard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks Part II: The Natural Setting 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings Judith M. Bunbury2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches Kent R. Weeks3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity Andreas Dorn Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis John H. Taylor5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings Aidan Dodson Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina Robert J. Demarée 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places Andreas Dorn8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs Kent R. Weeks9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings Lyla Pinch-Brock Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes Heather L. McCarthy Part VI: Individual KV Tombs12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen Catharine H. Roehrig 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty Hartwig Altenmueller14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty Aidan Dodson15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV Susanne Bickel Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs16. Sarcophagi Aidan Dodson17. Canopics Aidan Dodson18. Other Tomb Goods Campbell Price Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings Alexandra von Lieven20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts Joshua Roberson Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings Richard H. Wilkinson23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches John H. Taylor Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies Rosalie David26. Modern Biomedical Studies Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA Ryan Metcalfe Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes Martina Ullmann29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls Carola Vogel30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings Ogden Goelet Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti Filip Coppens32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century Joyce Tyldesley Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford34. The Search for Other Tombs Stephen W. Cross35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys Adam Lowe36. Conservation and Flood Protection Michael Jones37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings Kent R. Weeks38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna Kees van der Spek AppendixIndex

Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona, author or editor of ten books, including Tausret.Kent R. Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and author or editor of twelve books on ancient Egypt.

• ContributorsAbbreviationsPreface Part I: IntroductionRichard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks Part II: The Natural Setting 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings Judith M. Bunbury2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches Kent R. Weeks3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity Andreas Dorn Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis John H. Taylor5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings Aidan Dodson Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina Robert J. Demarée 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places Andreas Dorn8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs Kent R. Weeks9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings Lyla Pinch-Brock Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes Heather L. McCarthy Part VI: Individual KV Tombs12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen Catharine H. Roehrig 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty Hartwig Altenmueller14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty Aidan Dodson15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV Susanne Bickel Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs16. Sarcophagi Aidan Dodson17. Canopics Aidan Dodson18. Other Tomb Goods Campbell Price Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings Alexandra von Lieven20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts Joshua Roberson Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings Richard H. Wilkinson23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches John H. Taylor Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies Rosalie David26. Modern Biomedical Studies Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA Ryan Metcalfe Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes Martina Ullmann29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls Carola Vogel30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings Ogden Goelet Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti Filip Coppens32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century Joyce Tyldesley Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford34. The Search for Other Tombs Stephen W. Cross35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys Adam Lowe36. Conservation and Flood Protection Michael Jones37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings Kent R. Weeks38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna Kees van der Spek AppendixIndex