KV 34

Thutmes III

This roughly cut entryway lies high in the cleft of the hill south of the Valley of the Kings. A steep staircase descends deep into the mountain. Foundation deposits were found near the tomb.

The stairs of this gate are irregular and badly damaged.

There is a small bench cut immediately before the left (east) jamb of gate C.

This gate continues the slope from corridor B to chamber C, and begins the steps in stairwell C. The west jamb was cut back.

There are roughly cut recesses in the walls of this stairwell. The staircase is poorly preserved.

The slope of this simple gate continues in corridor D.

This corridor is very steep. There is a landing at its end.

This simple gate leads from corridor D to well chamber E.

The well chamber is well cut. Its ceiling and walls are plastered and partly decorated.

This simple, undecorated gate leads from well chamber E to pillared chamber F.

This large unfinished chamber contains two pillars in its center. The walls meet at oblique angles. Walls and ceiling are covered with plaster. The wall decoration is unique: it lists 741 divinities of the Imydwat, a motif which is not found elsewhere. A descent descends through the floor of pillared chamber F to gate J.

Possible beam holes are cut at the top of this descent.

The stairway from descent F continues through this simple, undecorated gate.

Two partially decorated pillars stand in the center of this large burial chamber. The cartouche-shaped sarcophagus of Thutmes III rests in the rear (northeastern) end of the chamber. The gates to two of the four side chambers are cut close together in the left (northwest) wall. Two others are spaced farther apart in the right (southeast) wall.
The sections of the Imydwat are arranged on the walls of the burial chamber starting with the first three hours to the right of the entrance which itself is flanked by two halves of the fourth hour. The two pillars in this chamber are decorated with figures representing the seventy-four forms of the sun god found in the Litany of Ra, and texts from an abridged version of the Imydwat. In addition, there are two unusual scenes showing the king and members of his family, including a detail of Thutmes being suckled by a tree that personifies Isis. Figures and texts are done in a cursive fashion more appropriate to papyrus.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (southwest) thickness of this gate.

This trapezoidal side chamber lies to the left (northwest) of burial chamber J.

The threshold of this gate is raised above the floor level of burial chamber J. There is a door bolt hole in the left (southwest) thickness of the gate.

This trapezoidal side chamber lies to the left (northwest) of burial chamber J. The floor is raised above the floor level of burial chamber J.

The floor level of gate Jc is approximately 70 cm (27.5 inches) above that of burial chamber J. There is a door bolt hole in the left (northeast) thickness of the gate.

This roughly cut trapezoidal side chamber lies beyond the left (southeast) wall of burial chamber J and its floor is approximately 70 cm (27.5 inches) above that of the burial chamber.

This roughly cut side chamber lies beyond the right (southeast) wall of burial chamber J.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (northeast) thickness of the gate and a lintel beam slot at the top of each thickness.