KV5: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings

This book is the first comprehensive technical publication on the work of the Theban Mapping Project in KV5. It includes detailed archaeological and architectural studies, epigraphic surveys, discussions of conversation work and extensive reports on the sites of geology, hydrology, mineralogy, and geotechnical engineering.

Kent Weeks is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. He has worked in the Valley of the Kings for more than 30 years and is director of the Theban Mapping Project, which has been surveying, photographing, and collecting historical data on the monuments in the Valley of the Kings and the Theban Necropolis. The project to completely map KV5 continues, as does its excavation. Under the direction of Dr Weeks, the project is also developing an archaeological database that will help ensure the protection of the monuments of ancient Thebes.