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Why is tomb KV5 in the Valley of the Kings important?
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Dayr al-Baḥrī, Thebes, Egypt.
Tomb KV5 is significant because it is the largest and most complex tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
While it was previously identified but dismissed as insignificant, it was relocated in the late 1980s and partially excavated during the 1990s. The tomb is notable for being built to contain the burial chambers of many of the sons of Ramses II, the prominent 19th-dynasty pharaoh. Its architectural layout is extensive, featuring an upper level that includes a central pillared hall and numerous corridors leading to dozens of individual chambers.1