KV 35

Amenhetep II

A staircase constitutes the entryway, which slopes down under the cliff overhang. A modern concrete shelter was built to protect the entrance from water runoff.

This gate leads from entryway A to corridor B.

There is a change in the slope of both floor and ceiling. There may have been an ancient stairway or ramp in the first half of this corridor but it has been heavily damaged by the installation of modern steps.

This gate gives access to the second staircase of the tomb.

This stairwell is flanked by wide recesses.

The gate leads to corridor D.

This short corridor slopes down to gate E.

The walls are plastered but undecorated. A shaft is cut in the floor of this chamber, at the bottom of which lies a side chamber (Ea).

This gate leads into the well chamber E.

Located at the bottom and to the right (north) of the well shaft, the chamber is undecorated.

This gate leads from the well of chamber E to a side chamber to the right (north).

The gate is level and leads into pillared chamber F.

The axis of the tomb changes at this chamber, turning about ninety degrees to the left (south). The chamber has two pillars on a north-south axis and a stepped side descent at the southeast corner of the chamber.

Modern metal stairs cover the ancient stairway.

The gate leads to corridor G.

There are small holes in the top of the wall at the end of the corridor, perhaps used to hold a beam, immediately before gate J. There is possibly a bolt hole. The sloping floor levels out about two-thirds of the way down the passage.

The gate may have been closed by a single leaf wooden door.

The burial chamber is divided into two levels: an upper section with a double row of three pillars on a north-south axis; and a lower section, covering one-third of the chamber. In the center of the lower section, sometimes called the "crypt," sits the yellow quartzite sarcophagus of Amenhetep II. There are four side chambers, two to the right (west) and two to the left (east). There are two pairs of magical brick niches on the front (north) and rear (south) walls of the crypt, and two recesses beneath those in the rear wall. The sarcophagus rests on two large calcite blocks set into a pit in the floor of the crypt.
The burial chamber is decorated with scenes of the Imydwat executed in a style similar to that in the tomb of Thutmes III (KV 34), and the pillars with representations of the king with Osiris, Hathor and Anubis.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (north) thickness.

The chamber is located to the left (east) of the burial chamber. There are door pivot holes in the floor.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (north) thickness.

The chamber lies to the left (east) of the sunken part of the burial chamber.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (south) thickness. When found by Loret, it was partially blocked with stones.

The chamber lies to the right (west) of the sunken part of the burial chamber. When found by Loret, it was partially blocked with stones. Nine royal mummies with intact wrappings lay in poorly preserved coffins, arranged in two rows.

There is a door bolt hole in the left (south) thickness. The gate is now blocked with mudbricks and concrete.

The side chamber is located to the right (west) of the burial chamber. In this rectangular chamber, Loret found the unwrapped mummies of two women and one young man. The chamber is now inaccessible.