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The highest-paid NBA players by season over the past twelve seasons have received contracts with salaries noted in the twenty-million-dollar range. In this twelve-year span, Kevin Garnett received $28,000,000, which was the highest salary payment of any NBA player, during the 2003–04 season. Garnett has been the highest-paid NBA player per year in seven of the past twelve NBA seasons. Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over thirty million dollars in a season. During the 1997–98 season, Jordan earned $33,140,000, which still stands as the most any NBA player has earned on a 1 year contract, Jordan also holds the record for the second largest 1 year contract at $30,140,000 in the 96-97 season.. Kobe Bryant become just the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began.[1] LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season. Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40-Million per year when he signed a record 5-year contract worth $201-Million in 2017, starting with $34,682,550 in the 2017-18 season and ending with the largest earnings in the 2021-22 season with a record payout of $45,780,966.

Beginning in the 1984–85 NBA season, the NBA's first salary cap was introduced. The NBA salary cap is the maximum dollar amount each NBA team can spend on its players for the season. However, the NBA uses a "soft" salary cap, which means that significant "salary exceptions" allow NBA teams to exceed their allotted amount in order to sign players. The salary cap is determined during the offseason, but as stated earlier, it is liable to change.[2]
Michael Jordan, who earned $33,140,000 in the 1997–98 NBA season, attempts a slam dunk at the old Boston Garden.
An exception is necessary to sign a player for a contract that would exceed the salary cap threshold of the "soft cap". The Larry Bird exception, more commonly known as Bird Rights, allows teams to re-sign a current player only if he has played for that particular team for a minimum of three years.[3] Another exception known as the mid-level exception allows for teams that are over the salary cap to sign one or more players as long as they do not exceed the total amount of the average NBA salary.[4] Next, the bi-annual exception can be used by teams every other year to sign a free agent(s) for up to two years at an amount set by the NBA.[5] Finally, the rookie player exception allows any NBA team to sign their first-round draft pick to a contract based upon a scale previously set forth by the NBA. Another option for teams would be to assign players to a league-assigned minimum salary contract for a maximum of two years.
According to 2010–11 NBA season game performance, the league's best players were not its highest-paid players. Each year there are ten players selected to one of the two All-NBA Teams. Out of those ten players chosen that year, Kobe Bryant was the only player that was also among the game's ten highest-paid during the 2010–11 NBA season.[6]
Contents
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1 2010s
1.1 2017–2018
1.2 2016–2017
1.3 2015–2016
1.4 2014–2015
1.5 2013–2014
1.6 2012–2013
1.7 2011–2012
1.8 2010–2011
1.9 2009–2010
2 2000s
2.1 2008–2009
2.2 2007–2008
2.3 2006–2007
2.4 2005–2006
2.5 2004–2005
2.6 2003–2004
2.7 2002–2003
2.8 2001–2002
2.9 2000–2001
2.10 1999–2000
3 1990s
3.1 1998–1999
4 See also
5 References
2010s
2017–2018
Player [7]
Salary
Team
Stephen Curry $34,682,550 Golden State Warriors
LeBron James $33,285,709 Cleveland Cavaliers
Paul Millsap $31,269,231 Denver Nuggets
Gordon Hayward $29,727,900 Boston Celtics
Blake Griffin $29,512,900 Los Angeles Clippers
Kyle Lowry $28,703,704 Toronto Raptors
Russell Westbrook $28,530,608 Oklahoma City Thunder
Mike Conley, Jr. $28,530,608 Memphis Grizzlies
James Harden $28,299,399 Houston Rockets
DeMar DeRozan $27,739,975 Toronto Raptors
2016–2017
LeBron James became the third player to sign a contract worth over thirty million dollars in a season, after Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
Player [8]
Salary
Team
LeBron James $30,963,450 Cleveland Cavaliers
Al Horford $26,540,100 Boston Celtics
DeMar DeRozan $26,540,100 Toronto Raptors
James Harden $26,540,100 Houston Rockets
Kevin Durant $26,540,100 Golden State Warriors
Russell Westbrook $26,540,100 Oklahoma City Thunder
Mike Conley, Jr. $26,540,100 Memphis Grizzlies
Dirk Nowitzki $25,000,000 Dallas Mavericks
Carmelo Anthony $24,559,380 New York Knicks
Damian Lillard $24,328,425 Portland Trail Blazers
2015–2016
Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire 20-year career in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, was the highest-paid player in the league from the 2009–10 until his retirement at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season.
Player [9]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $25,000,000 Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James $22,970,500 Cleveland Cavaliers
Carmelo Anthony $22,875,000 New York Knicks
Dwight Howard $22,359,364 Houston Rockets
Chris Bosh $22,192,730 Miami Heat
Chris Paul $21,468,695 Los Angeles Clippers
Kevin Durant $20,158,622 Oklahoma City Thunder
Derrick Rose $20,093,064 Chicago Bulls
Dwyane Wade $20,000,000 Miami Heat
LaMarcus Aldridge $19,689,000 San Antonio Spurs
2014–2015
Player [10]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $23,500,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Amar'e Stoudemire $23,410,988 New York Knicks
Joe Johnson $23,180,790 Brooklyn Nets
Carmelo Anthony $22,458,401 New York Knicks
Dwight Howard $21,436,271 Houston Rockets
Chris Bosh $20,644,400 Miami Heat
LeBron James $20,644,400 Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Paul $20,068,563 Los Angeles Clippers
Deron Williams $19,754,465 Brooklyn Nets
Rudy Gay $19,317,326 Sacramento Kings
2013–2014
Player [11]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $30,453,805 Los Angeles Lakers
Dirk Nowitzki $22,721,381 Dallas Mavericks
Amar'e Stoudemire $21,679,893 New York Knicks
Joe Johnson $21,466,718 Brooklyn Nets
Carmelo Anthony $21,388,953 New York Knicks
Dwight Howard $20,513,178 Houston Rockets
Pau Gasol $19,285,850 Los Angeles Lakers
Chris Bosh $19,067,500 Miami Heat
LeBron James $19,067,500 Miami Heat
Dwyane Wade $18,673,000 Miami Heat
2012–2013
Player [12]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $30,453,805 Los Angeles Lakers
Dirk Nowitzki $20,907,128 Dallas Mavericks
Amar'e Stoudemire $19,948,799 New York Knicks
Joe Johnson $19,752,645 Brooklyn Nets
Carmelo Anthony $19,444,503 New York Knicks
Pau Gasol $19,285,850 Los Angeles Lakers
Chris Bosh $19,067,500 Miami Heat
LeBron James $19,067,500 Miami Heat
Dwyane Wade $18,673,000 Miami Heat
Chris Paul $18,668,431 Los Angeles Clippers
2011–2012
Player [13]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $25,244,493 Los Angeles Lakers
Kevin Garnett $21,247,044 Boston Celtics
Tim Duncan $21,164,619 San Antonio Spurs
Rashard Lewis $21,136,631 Washington Wizards
Dirk Nowitzki $19,092,873 Dallas Mavericks
Pau Gasol $18,714,150 Los Angeles Lakers
Carmelo Anthony $18,518,574 New York Knicks
Amar'e Stoudemire $18,217,705 New York Knicks
Elton Brand $18,160,355 Philadelphia 76ers
Dwight Howard $18,091,770 Orlando Magic
2010–2011
Player [14]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $24,806,250 Los Angeles Lakers
Rashard Lewis $19,573,711 Washington Wizards
Tim Duncan $18,835,381 San Antonio Spurs
Kevin Garnett $18,832,044 Boston Celtics
Michael Redd $18,300,000 Milwaukee Bucks
Andrei Kirilenko $17,823,000 Utah Jazz
Pau Gasol $17,823,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Gilbert Arenas $17,730,694 Washington Wizards
Yao Ming $17,686,100 Houston Rockets
Zach Randolph $17,666,666 Memphis Grizzlies
2009–2010
Player [15]
Salary
Team
Kobe Bryant $23,034,375 Los Angeles Lakers
Jermaine O'Neal $23,016,000 Miami Heat
Tracy McGrady $22,843,124 New York Knicks
Tim Duncan $22,183,220 San Antonio Spurs
Shaquille O'Neal $21,000,000 Cleveland Cavaliers
Dirk Nowitzki $19,795,714 Dallas Mavericks
Paul Pierce $19,795,712 Boston Celtics
Ray Allen $18,776,860 Boston Celtics
Rashard Lewis $18,010,791 Orlando Magic
Michael Redd $17,040,000 Milwaukee Bucks
2000s
2008–2009
Kevin Garnett was the highest-paid player during the 2008–09, 2007–08, and 2006–07 seasons; he relinquished that position to Shaquille O'Neal for two seasons, but was also the highest-paid player during the 2003–04, 2002–03, 2001–02, and 2000–01 seasons.
Player [16]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $24,751,934 Boston Celtics
Jason Kidd $21,372,000 Dallas Mavericks
Jermaine O'Neal $21,372,000 Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant $21,262,500 Los Angeles Lakers
Shaquille O'Neal $21,000,000 Phoenix Suns
Allen Iverson $20,840,625 Detroit Pistons
Stephon Marbury $20,840,625 Boston Celtics
Tim Duncan $20,598,704 San Antonio Spurs
Tracy McGrady $20,370,437 Houston Rockets
Ray Allen $18,388,430 Boston Celtics
2007–2008
Player [18]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $23,751,934 Boston Celtics
Shaquille O'Neal $21,000,000 Phoenix Suns
Jason Kidd $19,728,000 New Jersey Nets
Jermaine O'Neal $19,728,000 Indiana Pacers
Kobe Bryant $19,490,625 Los Angeles Lakers
Tim Duncan $19,014,188 San Antonio Spurs
Allen Iverson $19,012,500 Denver Nuggets
Stephon Marbury $19,012,500 New York Knicks
Tracy McGrady $18,257,750 Houston Rockets
Baron Davis $16,440,000 Golden State Warriors
2006–2007
Player [19]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $21,000,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shaquille O'Neal $20,000,000 Miami Heat
Jason Kidd $18,084,000 New Jersey Nets
Jermaine O'Neal $18,084,000 Indiana Pacers
Kobe Bryant $17,718,750 Los Angeles Lakers
Tim Duncan $17,429,673 San Antonio Spurs
Allen Iverson $17,184,375 Philadelphia 76ers
Stephon Marbury $17,184,375 New York Knicks
Tracy McGrady $16,901,500 Houston Rockets
Grant Hill $16,901,500 Orlando Magic
2005–2006
Player [20]
Salary
Team
Shaquille O'Neal $20,000,000 Miami Heat
Chris Webber $19,125,000 Philadelphia 76ers
Kevin Garnett $18,000,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Allen Iverson $16,453,125 Philadelphia 76ers
Stephon Marbury $16,453,125 New York Knicks
Jason Kidd $16,440,000 New Jersey Nets
Jermaine O'Neal $16,440,000 Indiana Pacers
Kobe Bryant $15,946,875 Los Angeles Lakers
Tim Duncan $15,845,157 San Antonio Spurs
Vin Baker $15,750,000 Los Angeles Clippers
2004–2005
Player [21]
Salary
Team
Shaquille O'Neal $29,464,000 Miami Heat
Dikembe Mutombo $19,684,000 Houston Rockets
Allan Houston $17,531,000 New York Knicks
Chris Webber $17,351,000 Sacramento Kings
Damon Stoudamire $15,750,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Penny Hardaway $14,625,000 New York Knicks
Latrell Sprewell $14,625,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shareef Abdur-Rahim $14,625,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Stephon Marbury $14,625,000 New York Knicks
Michael Finley $14,609,000 Dallas Mavericks
2003–2004
Player [22]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $28,000,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shaquille O'Neal $26,571,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Rasheed Wallace $18,000,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Dikembe Mutombo $17,895,000 New York Knicks
Allan Houston $15,937,000 New York Knicks
Chris Webber $15,937,000 Sacramento Kings
Damon Stoudamire $14,625,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Penny Hardaway $13,500,000 Phoenix Suns
Latrell Sprewell $13,500,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Antonio McDyess $13,500,000 Phoenix Suns
2002–2003
Player[23]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $25,200,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shaquille O'Neal $23,571,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Shawn Kemp $21,500,000 Orlando Magic
Juwan Howard $20,625,000 Denver Nuggets
Scottie Pippen $19,727,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Karl Malone $19,250,000 Utah Jazz
Rasheed Wallace $16,200,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Dikembe Mutombo $16,105,000 New Jersey Nets
Chris Webber $14,343,000 Sacramento Kings
Damon Stoudamire $13,500,000 Portland Trail Blazers
2001–2002
Player[24]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $22,400,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shaquille O'Neal $21,428,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Alonzo Mourning $18,756,000 Miami Heat
Juwan Howard $18,750,000 Denver Nuggets
Scottie Pippen $18,083,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Karl Malone $17,500,000 Utah Jazz
Rasheed Wallace $14,400,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Dikembe Mutombo $14,315,000 Philadelphia 76ers
Gary Payton $12,926,000 Seattle SuperSonics
Shawn Kemp $12,770,000 Portland Trail Blazers
2000–2001
Player[25]
Salary
Team
Kevin Garnett $19,600,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Shaquille O'Neal $19,285,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Alonzo Mourning $16,879,000 Miami Heat
Juwan Howard $16,875,000 Washington Wizards
Hakeem Olajuwon $16,685,000 Houston Rockets
Karl Malone $15,750,000 Utah Jazz
Dikembe Mutombo $14,422,000 Philadelphia 76ers
Patrick Ewing $14,000,000 Seattle SuperSonics
David Robinson $13,196,000 San Antonio Spurs
Scottie Pippen $13,151,000 Portland Trail Blazers
1999–2000
Player[26]
Salary
Team
Shaquille O'Neal $17,142,000 Los Angeles Lakers
Kevin Garnett $16,806,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Alonzo Mourning $15,004,000 Miami Heat
Juwan Howard $15,000,000 Washington Wizards
Scottie Pippen $14,795,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Karl Malone $14,000,000 Utah Jazz
Larry Johnson $11,910,000 New York Knicks
Gary Payton $11,020,000 Seattle SuperSonics
Rasheed Wallace $10,800,000 Portland Trail Blazers
Shawn Kemp $10,780,000 Cleveland Cavaliers
1990s
1998–1999
Player[27]
Salary
Team
Patrick Ewing $18,500,000 New York Knicks
Shaquille O'Neal $17,000,000 Los Angeles Lakers
David Robinson $14,841,000 San Antonio Spurs
Kevin Garnett $14,000,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
Alonzo Mourning $13,130,000 Miami Heat
Juwan Howard $13,125,000 Washington Wizards
Hakeem Olajuwon $12,943,000 Houston Rockets
Dikembe Mutombo $11,218,000 Atlanta Hawks
Jayson Williams $11,000,000 New Jersey Nets
Scottie Pippen $11,000,000 Houston Rockets
See also
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Business and economics portal
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List of player salaries in the NHL
List of highest paid American television stars
List of highest paid film actors
List of highest paid mayors
List of salaries
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Valley of the Kings
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Coordinates: 25°44′27″N 32°36′8″E / 25.74083°N 32.60222°E / 25.74083; 32.60222
Location of the valley in the Theban Hills, west of the Nile, October 1988 (red arrow shows location)
The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wādī al Mulūk, Coptic: ϫⲏⲙⲉ[1]), the Valley of the Gates of the Kings (Arabic: وادي ابواب الملوك Wādī Abwāb al Mulūk),[2] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock cut tombs were excavated for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).[3][4]
The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.[5] The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs are situated) and West Valley.
With the 2005 discovery of a new chamber and the 2008 discovery of two further tomb entrances,[6] the valley is known to contain 63 tombs and chambers (ranging in size from KV54, a simple pit, to KV5, a complex tomb with over 120 chambers).[7] It was the principal burial place of the major royal figures of the Egyptian New Kingdom, as well as a number of privileged nobles. The royal tombs are decorated with scenes from Egyptian mythology and give clues as to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period. Almost all of the tombs seem to have been opened and robbed in antiquity, but they still give an idea of the opulence and power of the Pharaohs.
This area has been a focus of archaeological and egyptological exploration since the end of the eighteenth century, and its tombs and burials continue to stimulate research and interest. In modern times the valley has become famous for the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (with its rumours of the Curse of the Pharaohs[8]), and is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. In 1979, it became a World Heritage Site, along with the rest of the Theban Necropolis.[9] Exploration, excavation and conservation continues in the valley, and a new tourist centre has recently been opened.
Contents
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1 Geology
1.1 Hydrology
2 History
2.1 Royal Necropolis
3 Exploration of the valley
4 Tomb development
4.1 Location
4.2 Architecture
4.3 Decoration
4.4 Tomb equipment
4.5 Tomb numbering
4.6 Eighteenth Dynasty
4.6.1 Amarna Period
4.7 Nineteenth Dynasty
4.8 Twentieth Dynasty
4.9 Twenty-first Dynasty and the decline of the necropolis
4.10 Minor tombs in the Valley of the Kings
4.11 Tomb robbers
5 Tourism
6 See also
7 Notes and references
7.1 References
7.2 Bibliography
8 Further reading
9 External links
Geology[edit]
Stratigraphy of the valley
The types of soil where the Valley of the Kings is located are an alternating sandwich of dense limestone and other sedimentary rock (which form the cliffs in the valley and the nearby Deir el-Bahri) and soft layers of marl. The sedimentary rock was originally deposited between 35–56 million years ago during a time when the precursor to the Mediterranean Sea covered an area that extended much further inland than it does today. During the Pleistocene the valley was carved out of the plateau by steady rains.[10] There is currently little year-round rain in this part of Egypt, but there are occasional flash floods that hit the valley, dumping tons of debris into the open tombs.[11]
The quality of the rock in the Valley is inconsistent, ranging from finely-grained to coarse stone, the latter with the potential to be structurally unsound. The occasional layer of shale also caused construction and conservation difficulties, as this rock expands in the presence of water, forcing apart the stone surrounding it. It is thought that some tombs were altered in shape and size depending on the types of rock the builders encountered.[10]
Builders took advantage of available geological features when constructing the tombs. Some tombs were quarried out of existing limestone clefts, others behind slopes of scree, or were at the edge of rock spurs created by ancient flood channels.[10]
The problems of tomb construction can be seen with tombs of Ramesses III and his father Setnakhte. Setnakhte started to excavate KV11 but broke into the tomb of Amenmesse, so construction was abandoned and he instead usurped the tomb of Twosret, KV14. When looking for a tomb, Ramesses III extended the partly-excavated tomb started by his father.[12] The tomb of Ramesses II returned to an early style, with a bent axis, probably due to the quality of the rock being excavated (following the Esna shale).[13]
Between 1998 and 2002 the Amarna Royal Tombs Project investigated the valley floor using ground-penetrating radar and found that, below the modern surface, the Valley's cliffs descend beneath the scree in a series of abrupt, natural "shelves", arranged one below the other, descending several metres down to the bedrock in the valley floor.[14]
Panorama of the valley, looking north
Hydrology[edit]
The area of the Theban hills is subject to infrequent violent thunder storms, causing flash floods in the valley. Recent studies have shown that there are at least seven active flood stream beds leading down into the central area of the valley.[15] This central area appears to have been flooded at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty, with several tombs buried under metres of debris. The tombs KV63, KV62, and KV55 are dug into the actual wadi bedrock rather than the debris, showing that the level of the valley was five meters below its present level.[16] After this event later dynasties leveled the floor of the valley, making the floods deposit their load further down the valley, and the buried tombs were forgotten and only discovered in the early 20th century.[17] This was the area that was the subject of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project ground scanning radar investigation, which showed several anomalies, one of which was proved to be KV63.[18]
History[edit]
al-Qurn dominates the valley.
The Theban Hills are dominated by the peak of al-Qurn, known to the Ancient Egyptians as ta dehent, or 'The Peak'.[19] It has a pyramid-shaped appearance, and it is probable that this echoed the pyramids of the Old Kingdom, more than a thousand years prior to the first royal burials carved here.[20][21] Its isolated position also resulted in reduced access, and special tomb police (the Medjay) were able to guard the necropolis.[22]
While the iconic pyramid complexes of the Giza plateau have come to symbolize ancient Egypt, the majority of tombs were cut into rock. Most pyramids and mastabas contain sections which are cut into ground level, and there are full rock-cut tombs in Egypt that date back to the Old Kingdom.[23]
After the defeat of the Hyksos and the reunification of Egypt under Ahmose I, the Theban rulers began to construct elaborate tombs that reflected their newfound power.[24] The tombs of Ahmose and his son Amenhotep I (their exact location remains unknown) were probably in the Seventeenth Dynasty necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.[25] The first royal tombs in the valley were those of Amenhotep I (although this identification is also disputed),[26] and Thutmose I, whose advisor, Ineni, notes in his tomb that he advised the king to place his tomb in the desolate valley (the identity of this actual tomb is unclear, but it is probably KV20 or KV38).[19]
I saw to the excavation of the rock-tomb of his majesty, alone, no one seeing, no one hearing.[27]
The Valley was used for primary burials from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC. It contains at least 63 tombs, beginning with Thutmose I (or possibly earlier, during the reign of Amenhotep I) and ending with Ramesses X or XI, although non-Royal burials continued in usurped tombs.[28]
Despite its name, the Valley of the Kings also contains the tombs of favorite nobles as well as the wives and children of both nobles and pharaohs. Therefore, only about 20 of the tombs actually contain the remains of kings. The remains of nobles and of the royal family, together with unmarked pits and embalming caches, make up the rest.[29] Around the time of Ramesses I (ca. 1301 BC) construction commenced in the separate Valley of the Queens.[30]
Royal Necropolis[edit]
The official name for the site in ancient times was The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes (see below for the hieroglyphic spelling), or Ta-sekhet-ma'at (the Great Field).[31]

[31]
At the start of the Eighteenth Dynasty, only kings were buried within the valley in large tombs. When a non-royal person was buried, it was in a small rock cut chamber, close to the tomb of their master.[27] Amenhotep III's tomb was constructed in the Western Valley, and while his son Akhenaten moved his tomb's construction to Amarna, it is thought that the unfinished WV25 may have originally been intended for him.[32] With the return to religious orthodoxy at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb returned to the royal necropolis.[33]
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties saw an increase in the number of burials (both here and in the Valley of the Queens), with Ramesses II and later Ramesses III constructing a massive tomb that was used for the burial of their sons (KV5 and KV3 respectively).[34][35] There are some kings that are not buried within the valley or whose tomb has not been located: Thutmose II may have been buried in Dra' Abu el-Naga' (although his mummy was in the Deir el-Bahri tomb cache),[36] Smenkhkare's burial has never been located, and Ramesses VIII seems to have been buried elsewhere.
In the Pyramid Age, the tomb of the king was associated with a mortuary temple located close to the pyramid. As the tomb of the king was hidden, this mortuary temple was located away from the burial, closer to the cultivation facing toward Thebes.[19] These mortuary temples became places visited during the various festivals held in the Theban necropolis. Most notable is the Beautiful festival of the valley, where the sacred barques of Amun-Re, his consort, Mut, and son, Khonsu, left the temple at Karnak in order to visit the funerary temples of deceased kings on the West Bank and their shrines in the Theban Necropolis.[37]
The tombs were constructed and decorated by the workers of the village of Deir el-Medina, located in a small wadi between this valley and the Valley of the Queens, facing Thebes. The workers journeyed to the tombs through various routes over the Theban hills. The daily lives of these workers are quite well known and are recorded in tombs and official documents.[38] Amongst the events documented is perhaps the first recorded worker's strike, detailed in the Turin strike papyrus.[39][40]
Exploration of the valley[edit]
Main article: Exploration of the Valley of the Kings
View of the central East Valley, showing area around KV62
Entrance to a Royal Tomb, drawn in 1821
The area has been a major focus of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries. Prior to this time it was a site for tourism in antiquity (especially during Roman times).[28] This area illustrates the changes in the study of ancient Egypt, starting as antiquity hunting, and ending as scientific excavation of the whole Theban Necropolis. Despite the exploration and investigation noted below, only eleven of the tombs have actually been completely recorded.
Many of the tombs have graffiti written by these ancient tourists. Jules Baillet has located over 2,100 Greek and Latin instances of graffiti, along with a smaller number in Phoenician, Cypriot, Lycian, Coptic, and other languages.[28] The majority of the ancient graffiti is found in KV9, which contains just under a thousand of them. The earliest positively dated graffiti dates to 278 B.C.[41]
In 1799, members of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt (especially Dominique Vivant) drew maps and plans of the known tombs, and for the first time noted the Western Valley (where Prosper Jollois and Édouard de Villiers du Terrage located the tomb of Amenhotep III, WV22).[42] The Description de l'Égypte contains two volumes (out of a total of 24) on the area around Thebes.[43]
European exploration continued in the area around Thebes during the nineteenth century, boosted by Champollion's translation of hieroglyphs. Early in the century, the area was visited by Belzoni, working for Henry Salt, who discovered several tombs, including those of Ay in the West Valley (WV23) in 1816 and Seti I (KV17) the following year. At the end of his visits, Belzoni declared that all of the tombs had been located and nothing of note remained to be found. Working at the same time (and a great rival of Belzoni and Salt) was Bernardino Drovetti, the French Consul-General.[44]
When Gaston Maspero was reappointed as head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, the nature of the exploration of the valley changed again. Maspero appointed English archaeologist Howard Carter as the Chief Inspector of Upper Egypt, and the young man discovered several new tombs and explored several others, clearing KV42 and KV20.[45]
Around the start of the 20th century American explorer Theodore M. Davis had the excavation permit in this valley. His team (led mostly by Edward R. Ayrton) discovered several royal and non-royal tombs (including KV43, KV46 and KV57). In 1907 they discovered the possible Amarna Period cache in KV55. After finding what they thought was all that remained of the burial of Tutankhamun (items recovered from KV54 and KV58), it was announced that the valley was completely explored and that no further burials were to be found. Davis's 1912 publication, The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatânkhamanou closes with the comment, "I fear that the Valley of Kings is now exhausted."[46]
Entrance to Horemheb's tomb, soon after discovery in 1908
After Davis's death early in 1915, Lord Carnarvon acquired the concession to excavate the valley, and he employed Howard Carter to explore it. After a systematic search, they discovered the actual tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) in November 1922.[47]
Various expeditions have continued to explore the valley, adding greatly to the knowledge of the area. In 2001 the Theban Mapping Project designed new signs for the tombs, providing information and plans of the open tombs.[48]
Tomb development[edit]
Further information: List of burials in the Valley of the Kings
KV1
KV2
KV3
KV4
KV5
KV6
KV7
KV8
KV9
KV10
KV11
KV12
KV13
KV14
KV15
KV16
KV17
KV18
KV19
KV20
KV21
WV22
WV23
WV24
WV25
KV26
KV28
KV29
KV30
KV31
KV32
KV34
KV35
KV36
KV37
KV38
KV39
KV40
KV41
KV42
KV43
KV44
KV45
KV46
KV47
KV48
KV54
KV55
KV56
KV57
KV58
KV59
KV61
KV62
KV63
A map of the Valley of the Kings with locations of tombs marked
Location[edit]
The earliest tombs were located in cliffs at the top of scree slopes, under storm-fed waterfalls (KV34 and KV43).[19] As these locations were filled, burials descended to the valley floor, gradually moving back up the slopes as the valley bottom filled with debris. This explains the location of the tombs KV62 and KV63 buried in the valley floor.
Architecture[edit]
The tomb of Twosret and Setnakhte showing descending corridor
The usual tomb plan consisted of a long inclined rock-cut corridor, descending through one or more halls (possibly mirroring the descending path of the sun god into the underworld[49]) to the burial chamber. In the earlier tombs, the corridors turn 90 degrees at least once (such as KV43, the tomb of Thutmose IV), and the earliest ones had cartouche-shaped burial chambers (for example, KV43, the tomb of Thutmose IV).[50] This layout is known as 'Bent Axis',[51] After the burial the upper corridors were meant to be filled with rubble and the entrance to the tomb hidden.[52] After the Amarna Period, the layout gradually straightened, with an intermediate 'Jogged Axis' (the tomb of Horemheb, KV57 is typical of this and is one of the tombs that is sometimes open to the public), to the generally 'Straight Axis' of the late Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasty tombs (Ramesses III's and Ramesses IX's tombs, KV11 and KV6 respectively).[53] As the tombs' axes straightened, the slopes also lessened. They almost disappeared in the late Twentieth Dynasty.[54] Another feature that is common to most tombs is the 'well', which may have originated as an actual barrier intended to stop flood waters from entering the lower parts of the tomb. It seems to have developed a 'magical' purpose later on as a symbolic shaft.[50] In the later Twentieth Dynasty, the well itself was sometimes not excavated, but the well room was still present.[50][55]
Decoration[edit]
Main article: Ancient Egyptian funerary texts
Detail of decoration from KV2
The majority of the royal tombs were decorated with religious texts and images. The early tombs were decorated with scenes from Amduat ('That Which is in the Underworld'), which describes the journey of the sun god through the twelve hours of the night. From the time of Horemheb, tombs were decorated with the Book of Gates, which shows the sun god passing through the twelve gates that divide the nighttime and ensures the tomb owner's own safe passage through the night.[56] These earliest tombs were generally sparsely decorated, and those of a non-royal nature were totally undecorated.
Late in the Nineteenth Dynasty the Book of Caverns, which divided the underworld into massive caverns containing deities as well as the deceased waiting for the sun to pass through and restore them to life, was placed in the upper parts of tombs. A complete version appears in the tomb of Ramesses VI.[56] The burial of Ramesses III saw the Book of the Earth, where the underworld is divided into four sections, climaxing in the sun disc being pulled from the earth by Naunet.[57]
The ceilings of the burial chambers were decorated (from the burial of Seti I onwards) with what became formalised as the Book of the Heavens, which again describes the sun's journey through the twelve hours of night. Again from Seti I's time, the Litany of Re, a lengthy hymn to the sun god began to appear.[56]
Pillar in Seti I's tomb
Tomb equipment[edit]
Each burial was provided with equipment that would enable a comfortable existence in the afterlife. Also present in the tombs were items used to perform magic rituals, such as Shabtis and divine figurines. Some equipment was what the king may have used during his lifetime (Tutankhamun's sandals for example), and some was specially constructed for the burial.[58]
Tomb numbering[edit]
The modern abbreviation "KV" stands for "Kings' Valley", and the tombs are numbered according to their order of 'discovery', from KV1 (Rameses VII) to KV64 (discovered in 2012). Since the early 19th century AD, antiquarians and archaeologists have cleared and recorded tombs, with a total of 61 sepulchers being known by the start of the 20th century.[59] KV5 was only rediscovered in the 1990s after being dismissed as unimportant by previous investigators.[58] The West Valley tombs often carry the prefix "WV", but they follow the same numbering system. Some of the tombs are unoccupied, others remain unidentifiable as regards to their owners, and still others are merely pits used for storage.[59] Most of the open tombs in the Valley of the Kings are located in the East Valley, and this is where most of the tourist facilities are located.
Eighteenth Dynasty[edit]
Decoration in KV34
Typical 'Bent axis' early Eighteenth Dynasty tomb
The Eighteenth Dynasty tombs within the valley vary quite a bit in decoration, style, and location. It seems that at first there was no fixed plan. The tomb of Hatshepsut has a unique shape, twisting and turning down over 200 metres from the entrance, so that the burial chamber is 97 metres below the surface. The tombs gradually became more regular and formalised, and those of Thutmose III and Thutmose IV, KV34 and KV43, are good examples of Eighteenth Dynasty tombs, both with their bent axis, and simple decoration.[60]
Perhaps the most imposing tomb of this period is that of Amenhotep III, WV22, located in the West Valley.[61] It was re-investigated in the 1990s by a team from Waseda University, Japan, but it is not open to the public.[62]
At the same time, powerful and influential nobles began to be buried with the royal family; the most famous of these tombs is the joint tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu, KV46. They were possibly the parents of Queen Tiy. Until the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, this was the best-preserved of the tombs that had been discovered in the Valley.[63]
Amarna Period[edit]
Typical 'Jogged axis' post-Amarna tomb
The return of royal burials to Thebes after the end of the Amarna period marks a change to the layout of royal burials, with the intermediate 'jogged axis' gradually giving way to the 'straight axis' of later dynasties. In the Western Valley, there is a tomb commencement that is thought to have been started for Akhenaten, but it is no more than a gateway and a series of steps. The tomb of Ay, Tutankhamun's successor is close by. It is likely that this tomb was started for Tutankhamun (its decoration is of a similar style) but later usurped for Ay's burial. This would mean that KV62 may have been Ay's original tomb, which would explain the smaller size and unusual layout for a royal tomb.[64]
The other Amarna period tombs are located in a smaller, central area in the centre of the East Valley, with a possible mummy cache (KV55) that may contain the burials of several Amarna Period royals—Tiy and Smenkhkare or Akhenaten.[65]
Decoration of the burial chamber in KV62
In close proximity is the burial of Tutankhamun. This is perhaps the most famous discovery of modern Western archaeology. It was discovered here by Howard Carter on November 4, 1922, with clearance and conservation work continuing until 1932. This was the first royal tomb to be discovered that was still largely intact, although tomb robbers had entered. And until the excavation of KV63 on 10 March 2005,[66] it considered the last major discovery in the valley. The opulence of his grave goods notwithstanding, Tutankhamun was a relatively minor king, and other burials probably had more numerous treasures.[67]
In the same central area as KV62 and KV63, is KV64,a radar anomaly believed to be a tomb or chamber announced on 28 July 2006. It is not an official designation, and the actual existence of a tomb at all is dismissed by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.[68]
The nearby tomb of Horemheb, (KV57) is rarely open to visitors. But it has many unique features and is extensively decorated. The decoration shows a transition from the pre-Amarna tombs to those of the 19th dynasty tombs that followed.[69]
Nineteenth Dynasty[edit]
Typical 'Straight axis' Nineteenth/Twentieth Dynasty tomb
The Nineteenth Dynasty saw a further standardisation of tomb layout and decoration. The tomb of the first king of the dynasty, Ramesses I, was hurriedly finished due to the death of the king and is little more than a truncated descending corridor and a burial chamber. However, KV16 has vibrant decoration and still contains the sarcophagus of the king. Its central location makes it one of the more frequently visited tombs. It shows the development of the tomb entrance and passage and of decoration.[70]
His son and successor, Seti I's tomb, KV17 (also known as Belzoni's tomb, the tomb of Apis, or the tomb of Psammis, son of Necho), is usually regarded as the finest tomb in the valley. It has extensive relief work and paintings. When it was rediscovered by Belzoni in 1817, he referred to it as "..a fortunate day.."[71]
The son of Seti, Ramesses the Great, constructed a massive tomb, KV7, but it is in a ruinous state. It is currently undergoing excavation and conservation by a Franco-Egyptian team led by Christian Leblanc.[72][73] The tomb is vast in size, about the same length, and a larger area, of the tomb of his father.
Merenptah's stone sarcophagus in KV8
At the same time, and just opposite his own tomb, Ramesses enlarged the earlier small tomb of an unknown Eighteenth Dynasty noble (KV5) for his numerous sons. With 120 known rooms, and excavation work still underway, it is probably the largest tomb in the valley. Originally opened (and robbed) in antiquity, it is a low-lying structure that has been particularly prone to the flash floods that sometimes hit the area. Tonnes of debris and material has washed in over the centuries, ultimately concealing its vast size. It is not currently open to the public.[74]
Ramesses II's son and eventual successor, Merenptah's tomb has been open since antiquity; it extends 160 metres, ending in a burial chamber that once contained a set of four nested sarcophagi.[75] Well decorated, it is typically open to the public most years.[76]
The last kings of the dynasty also constructed tombs in the valley, all of which follow the same general pattern of layout and decoration. Notable amongst these is the tomb of Siptah, which is well decorated, especially the ceiling.[77]
Twentieth Dynasty[edit]
The first ruler of the dynasty, Setnakhte, actually had two tombs constructed for himself. He started excavating the eventual tomb of his son, Ramesses III, but broke into another tomb and abandoned it in order to usurp and complete the tomb of the Nineteenth Dynasty female pharaoh, Twosret. Therefore, this tomb has two burial chambers, the later extensions making the tomb one of the largest of the Royal tombs, at over 150 metres.[78]
Tomb of Ramesses III, KV11
The tomb of Ramesses III (known as Bruce's Tomb or The Harper's Tomb due to its decoration) is one of the largest tombs in the valley and is open to the public. It is located close to the central 'rest–area', and its location and superb decoration make this one of the tombs most visited by tourists.[79]
The successors and offspring of Ramesses III constructed tombs that had straight axes. They all had similar decorations. Notable amongst these is KV2, the tomb of Ramesses IV, which has been open since antiquity, containing a large amount of hieratic graffiti. The tomb is mostly intact and is decorated with scenes from several religious texts.[80] The joint tomb of Ramesses V and Ramesses VI, KV9 (also known as the Tomb of Memnon or La Tombe de la Métempsychose) is decorated with many sunk-relief carvings, depicting illustrated scenes from religious texts. Open since antiquity, it contains over a thousand examples of graffiti written in ancient Greek, Latin and Coptic.[81] The spoil from the excavation and later clearance of this tomb, together with later construction of workers huts, covered the earlier burial of KV62 and seems to have been what protected that tomb from earlier discovery and looting.[82]
Tomb of Ramesses IX, KV6
The tomb of Ramesses IX, KV6, has been open since antiquity, as can be seen by the graffiti left on its walls by Roman and Coptic visitors.[83] Located in the central part of the valley, it is between and slightly above KV5 and KV55. The tomb extends a total distance of 105 metres into the hillside, including extensive side chambers that were neither decorated nor finished. The hasty and incomplete nature of the rock-cutting and decorations (it is only decorated for a little over half its length) within the tomb indicate that the tomb was not completed by the time of Ramesses' death, with the completed hall of pillars serving as the burial chamber.[84]
Another notable tomb from this dynasty is KV19, the tomb of Mentuherkhepshef (son of Ramesses IX). This small tomb is simply a converted, unfinished corridor, but the decoration is extensive. The tomb has been newly restored and opened for visitors.[85][86]
Twenty-first Dynasty and the decline of the necropolis[edit]
By the end of the New Kingdom, Egypt had entered a long period of political and economic decline. The priests at Thebes grew more powerful, and they effectively administered Upper Egypt, while kings ruling from Tanis controlled Lower Egypt. Some attempt at using the open tombs was made at the start of the Twenty-first Dynasty, with the High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem I, adding his cartouche to KV4.[87] The Valley began to be heavily plundered, so during the Twenty-first Dynasty the priests of Amun opened most of the tombs and moved the mummies into three tombs in order to better protect them. They removed most of the treasure in order to further protect the bodies from robbers. Most of these were later moved to a single cache near Deir el-Bari (known as TT320). Located in the cliffs overlooking Hatshepsut's famous temple, this mass reburial contained a large number of royal mummies.[36][88] They were found in a great state of disorder, many placed in other's coffins, and several are still unidentified. Other mummies were moved to the tomb of Amenhotep II, where over a dozen mummies, many of them royal, were later relocated.[89]
During the later Third Intermediate Period and later periods, intrusive burials were introduced into many of the open tombs. In Coptic times, some of the tombs were used as churches, stables, and even houses.[19]
Minor tombs in the Valley of the Kings[edit]
Main article: Minor tombs in the Valley of the Kings
The majority of the 65 numbered tombs in the Valley of the Kings can be considered as minor tombs, either because at present they have yielded little information or because the results of their investigations were only poorly recorded by their explorers. Some have received very little attention or were only cursorily noted. Most of these tombs are small, often consisting of only a single burial chamber accessed by a shaft or staircase with a corridor or a series of corridors leading to the chamber. But some are larger, multiple-chambered tombs. These minor tombs served various purposes: some were intended for burials of lesser royalty or private burials, some contained animal burials, and others apparently never received a primary burial. In many cases these tombs also served secondary functions, and later intrusive material has been found related to these secondary activities. While some of these tombs have been open since antiquity, the majority were discovered in the 19th and early 20th centuries during the height of exploration in the valley.
Tomb robbers[edit]
Almost all of the tombs have been ransacked.[90] Several papyri have been found that describe the trials of tomb robbers. These date mostly from the late Twentieth Dynasty. One of these, Papyrus Mayer B, describes the robbery of the tomb of Ramesses VI and was probably written in Year Nine of Ramesses IX:
The foreigner Nesamun took us up and showed us the tomb of King Ramesses VI ... And I spent four days breaking into it, we being present all five. We opened the tomb and entered it. ... We found a cauldron of bronze, three wash bowls of bronze ...[91]
The valley also seems to have suffered an official plundering during the virtual civil war, which started during the reign of Ramesses XI. The tombs were opened, all the valuables were removed, and the mummies were collected into two large caches. One in the tomb of Amenhotep II, contained sixteen, and others were hidden within Amenhotep I's tomb. A few years later most of them were moved to the Deir el-Bahri cache, containing no fewer than forty royal mummies and their coffins.[92] Only tombs whose locations were lost (KV62, KV63 and KV46, although both KV62 and KV46 were robbed soon after their actual closure[93]) were undisturbed during this period.
Tourism[edit]
Most of the tombs are not open to the public (18 of the tombs can be opened, but they are rarely open at the same time), and officials occasionally close those that are open for restoration work.[94] The number of visitors to KV62 has led to a separate charge for entry into the tomb. The West Valley has only one open tomb—that of Ay—and a separate ticket is needed to visit this tomb.[48][95] The tour guides are no longer allowed to lecture inside the tombs, and visitors are expected to proceed quietly and in single file through the tombs. This is to minimize time in the tombs and prevent the crowds from damaging the surfaces of the decoration. Photography is no longer allowed in the tombs.[96]
In 1997, 58 tourists and four Egyptians were massacred at nearby Deir el-Bahri by Islamist militants from Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya. This led to an overall drop in tourism in the area.[97]
On most days of the week an average of 4,000 to 5,000 tourists visit the main valley. The West Valley is much less visited, as there is only one tomb that is open to the public.[48]
See also[edit]
Valley of the Queens – Nearby burials of queens and offspring of kings.
Royal Wadi and tombs – Burial place of Akhenaten and his royal family.
Naqsh-e Rustam – Persian "Valley of the Kings" royal tombs.
Ming and Qing Imperial Tombs – Royal tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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Library resources about
Valley of the Kings
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Further reading[edit]
Atiya, Farid S. Valley of the Kings. Cairo, Egypt: F. Atiya Press, 2006.
Bongioanni, Alessandro. Luxor and the Valley of the Kings. Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2004.
Dodson, Aidan. After the Pyramids: The Valley of the Kings and Beyond. London: Rubicon Press, 2000.
Hornung, Erik. The Valley of the Kings: Horizon of Eternity. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Timken, 1990.
Reeves, C. N. Valley of the Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis. London: K. Paul International, 1990.
Reeves, Nicolas, and Richard H. Wilkinson. The Complete Valley of the Kings. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008.
Weeks, Kent R. Atlas of the Valley of the Kings. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2000.
Wilkinson, Richard H., and Kent R. Weeks. The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valley of the Kings.
"Theban Mapping Project". Retrieved 2006-12-04.
"The Quest for Immortality, Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Virtual Tour: KV 34". Retrieved 2006-12-04.
"Valley of the Kings photographs on GlobalAmity.net". Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-04.
"VOKF Foundation (Origins, Aims, Objectives: The Amarna Royal Tombs Project". NicholasReeves.com. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
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