QV 77
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QV 77 is a single-chambered shaft tomb on the north side of the visitor path in the main Wadi. The shaft entrance has a modern, cemented masonry surround with a metal grill.
Elizabeth Thomas mentioned that little could be learned about this tomb during her early 1960s investigations. It was cleared by the Franco-Egyptian Mission in 1986. Based on the archaeological material recovered at that time, it appears that, like QV 76, the tomb was constructed during the 18th Dynasty and then reused during the 21st/22nd Dynasty, as well as during the Roman period.
Site History
Dating
This site was used during the following period(s):
Exploration
Conservation
Site Condition
According to the GCI-SCA, the tomb appears to be in good condition despite fracturing of the reddish colored ceiling and rear chamber rock, presumably the result of fire. Trash littered the floor of shaft and tomb at the time of the GCI-SCA assessment. One bat was observed by the GCI-SCA in the chamber in October 2007, as well as a mud wasp nests and a gecko. The tomb opening is in a location susceptible to flooding, though no evidence of previous flooding was noted.
View of the main wadi and entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, and QV83.
View of main wadi and entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, QV79, and QV83.
Entrances of QV76, QV77, QV78, QV79, QV83 and view of grotto and visitors shelter at QV66.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, QV79. View of New electricity building and WC.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79.
Entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, and QV79. View of visitors shelter at QV66 and grotto in background.
Entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, and view of visitors shelter at QV66 and grotto in background.
Entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, and view of visitors shelter and main path with bridge to QV66 and QV80.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79.
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79.
View up the main wadi. Entrances of QV3, QV5, QV6, QV7, QV8, QV9, QV10, QV11, QV12, and QV14 on the left. Entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, QV79, QV81, and QV83 on the right.
View of the northeastern side of the main wadi. Entrances to QV76, QV77, QV78, QV79, and QV80
Entrances to QV77, QV78, and QV79 with the new electricity building and WC on the right
Shaft entrance to QV 77. © Getty Conservation Institute and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
View down the shaft entrance. © Getty Conservation Institute and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Detail of the ceiling in the main chamber. © Getty Conservation Institute and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Articles
Tomb Numbering Systems in the Valley of the Queens and the Western Wadis
Geography and Geology of the Valley of the Queens and Western Wadis
Bibliography
Aston, D.A. The Theban West Bank from the Twenty-fifth Dynasty to the Ptolemaic Period. In: Nigel Strudwick, and John H. Taylor (Eds.). The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future. London: British Museum, 2003: 138- 63.
CNRS mission report: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). Rapport d'activité 1987-1988 URA no. 1064, 1987-1988.
Demas, Martha and Neville Agnew (eds). Valley of the Queens. Assessment Report. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2012, 2016. Two vols.
Thomas, Elizabeth. The Royal Necropoleis of Thebes. Princeton: privately printed, 1966.
