Bibliography for Valley of the Kings


Abitz, FriedrichDie religiöse Bedeutung der sogenannten Grabräuberschächte in den ägyptischen Königsgräbern der 18. bis 20. Dynastie (= ÄgAbh, 26).  Wiesbaden, 1974. 

Abitz, FriedrichStatuetten in Schreinen als Grabbeigaben in den ägyptischen Königsgräbern der 18. und 19. Dynastie (= ÄgAbh, 35). Wiesbaden, 1979.

Abitz, FriedrichKönig und Gott: Die Götterszenen in den ägyptischen Königsgräbern von Thutmosis IV bis Ramses III (= ÄgAbh, 40).  Wiesbaden, 1984.

Abitz, Friedrich.  Die Entwicklung der Grabaschen in den Königsgräbern im Tal der Könige.  MDAIK 45 (1989): 1-25.

Abitz, Friedrich, Pharao als Gott in den Unterweltsbücher des Neuen Reiches (= OBO, 146).  Freiburg, 1995. 

Aldred, Cyril.  More Light on the Rameside Tomb Robberies.  In:  Fs Fairman (1979):  92-93.

Altenmüller, Hartwig.  Bemerkungen zu den Königsgräbern des Neuen Reiches.  SAK 10 (1983): 25-61.

Assmann, Jan.  Geheimnis, Gedächtnis und Gottesnähe: Zum Strukturwandel der Grabsemantik und der Diesseits-Jenseitsbeziehungen im Neuen Reich.  In:  Jan Assmann, Eberhard Dziobek, Heike Guksch and Frederike Kamp (eds.).  Thebanische Beamtennekropolen: Neue Perspektiven archäologischen. (=SAGA, 12).  Heidelberg, 1995.  Pp. 281-293.

Aston, David.  Pottery from the Valley of the Kings: Tombs of Merenptah, Ramesses III, Ramesses IV, Ramesses VI and Ramesses VII.  Ägypten und Levante 8 (1998): 137-214.

Baillet, Jules.  Inscriptions grècques et latines de tombeaux des rois ou syringes à Thèbes. (= MIFAO 42, 1, 2, 3, 4).  Cairo, 1920-26.

Barguet, Paul.  L'Am-Douat et les funérailles royales. RdE 27 (1975): 30-36.

Barta, Winfried.  Zur Studenordnung de Amduat in den ramessidischen Königsgräbern. BiOr 31 (1974):  197-201.

Barta, Winfried.  Die Anbringung der Sonnenlitanei in den Königsgräbern der Ramessidenzeit.  GM 71 (1984): 7-10.

Bedman, Teresa and Francisco Martin-Valentin. La faucon divin du Ouadi el-Qouroud: Un exemple de topographie sacrée à la Vallée de l’Ouest. In: Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin (eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble , 6-12 Septembre 2004 (= OLA, 150). Leuven : Peeters, 2007. Pp. 161-166.

Brock, Edwin C. Piecing it All Together: An Ongoing Study of Later New Kingdom Royal Sarcophagi.  KMT 2/1 (1991): 42-9.

Bukovansky, Michael, Donald P. Richards, and Kent R. Weeks.  Influence of Slope Deformations on the Tombs in the Valley of the Kings.  Proceedings of an International Symposium on Engineering Geology and the Environment. (Rotterdam: Balkema, 1997): 3: 3077-3082.

Burton, Harry. The Late Theodor M. Davis's Excavations at Thebes in 1912-13.  BMMA 11 (1916):  13-18.

Clayton, Peter.  The Valley of the Kings.  Hove: Wayland, 1995.

Capart, Jean,  Alan H. Gardiner and Baouduin van de Walle.  New Light on the Ramesside Tomb-Robberies.  JEA 22 (1936):  169-193.

Carter, Howard.  Excavations at Biban El-Moluk.  ASAE 4 (1903): 176-177.

Cerný, JaroslavThe Valley of the Kings (= BdE, 61).  Cairo: IFAO, 1973.

Curtis, Garniss H.  Deterioration of the Royal Tombs.  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 129-133.

Daressy, Georges.  Fouilles de la Valée des Rois 1898-1899 (=CGC).  Cairo: IFAO, 1902.

Daressy, Georges.  Un ostracon de Bab el Molouk.  ASAE 22 (1922): 75-76.

Dawson, Warren R.  The Tombs of the Kings at Thebes: A Chapter From Their Ancient History.  Asiatic Review 19 (1923):  319-29.

Dodson, Aidan M.  The Tombs of the Kings of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty at Thebes.  ZÄS 115 (1988): 110-123.

Dodson, Aidan M.  The Sites of the Tomb of the Kings of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty.  ZÄS 116 (1989): 81.

Dodson, Aidan.  After the Pyramids: The Valley of the Kings and Beyond.  London: Rubicon Press, 2000.

Dodson, Aidan M.  The Burial of the Royal Family During the Eighteenth Dynasty.  In: Zahi Hawass (ed.).  Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000.  Two vols.  Cairo: AUC Press, 2003.  I: 187-193.

Donadoni Roveri, Anna MariaLa Vallée des Rois.  Paris: Atlas, 1982.

Evrard, H.  and A. Guillaume.  Analyse structurale et géotechnique de la tombe de Ramsès II, Vallée des Rois, Louqsor, Egypte.  Memnonia VIII (1997): 129-149.

Fekri, Magdi Mohammed.  Une nouvelle enquête sur les tombes civiles et anonyms de la Vallée des Rois. 
In: Zahi Hawass (ed..), Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century: Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000.  Cairo: AUC Press, 2003.  I, 138-146. Deals with KV 46, 36, 45, 48, and 13.

Gabolde, Luc. Sur quelques tombeaux mineurs de la Vallée des Rois découvertes pars V. Loret. In: Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin (eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble , 6-12 Septembre 2004 (= OLA, 150). Leuven : Peeters, 2007. Pp. 749-762.

Gabolde, Luc.  La chronologie du règne de Thoutmosis II, ses conséquences sur la datation de momies royales et leurs répercussions sur l'histoire du développement de la Vallée des Rois.  SAK 14 (1987):  61-81.

Grapow, Hermann.  Studien zu den thebanischen Königsgräbern.  ZAS 72 (1936): 12-39.

Guillaume, Andre.  Sondages électromagnétiques dans la tombe de Ramsès II – KV 7.  Memnonia 9 (1998): 67-72.

Guillaume, André.  Paramètres méchaniques des géomatériaux utilisables pour les modélisations numéériques des hypogées de la Vallée des Rois (Louqsor, Egypte): Essais géotechniques et réalité.  Memnonia 12/13 (2001/2002): 143-190.

Guillaume, Andre.  Sur quelques problèmes géotechniques et architecturaux concernant la tombe de Ramsès II (Vallée des Rois, Louqsor, Egypte.  Memnonia In press.

Guillaume, Andre, P. Humbert, and J.-Y. Sablon.  Analyse architectonique par modélisation numérique de la tombe de Ramsès II (Vallée des Rois, Louqsor, Egypte). Memnonia  In press.

Guillaume, Andre, F. Jehenne, C. Leblanc, and G. Martinet.  Roches, mortiers et enduits de la tombe de Ramsès II, Vallée des Rois, Louqsor, Egypte.  Actes Congr. L.C.P., Conservation et restauration des biens culturels (Lausanne, 1995): 77-82.

Helck, Wolfgang.  Königsgräbertal.   III: 514-526.

Hornung, Erik.  Das thebanische Tal der Könige.  OLZ 61 (1966): 118-123.

Hornung, Erik.  Das Tal der Könige.  Bild der Wissenschaft 5 (1958): 774-783.

Hornung, Erik.  Struktur und Entwicklung der Gräber im Tal der Könige.  ZÄS 105 (1978): 59-66.

Hornung, Erik.  Auf den Spuren der Sonne.  Gang durch ein ägyptisches Königsgrab.  Eranos Jahrbuch 50 (Frankfurt, 1981): 431-475.

Hornung, ErikTal der Könige: Die Ruhestätte der Pharaonen.  Zürich and Munich: Artemis, 1982, repr., 1988.  Publ. in English as: Valley of the Kings: Horizon of Eternity.  New York: Timken, 1990.

Hornung, Erik.  La Vallée des rois.  Dossiers d'archéologie 149/150 (1990): 44-52.

Hornung, Erik.  The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife.  Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999.

Jacq, Christian.  La Vallée des Rois: Histoire et découverte d'une demeure d'éternité.  Paris: Perrin, 1992.

Jacq, Christian.  La Vallée des Rois: Images et mystères.  Paris: Perrin, 1993.

Jansen-Winkeln, K.  Die Plünderung der Königsgräben des Neuen Reiches.  ZAS 122, 1 (1995): 62-78.

Kroenke, K.  Locational Analysis of Symbolic Motifs of Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings.  Unpubl. M.A. thesis, University of Arizona, 1994.

Lefébure, EugèneLes hypogées royaux de Thèbes.  Paris:  E. Leroux,  1886-1889. Three vols.

Lucas, Alfred.  Note on the Tempersture and Humidity of Several Tombs in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes.  ASAE 24 (1924): 12-14.

McLane, J., R. Wuest, G. Curtis, B. Porter and S. Broda.  Geotechnical evaluation, Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Theban Necropolis, Near Luxor, Egypt.  Antiquities Development Project, ARCE/DAP Seti I Project, USAID Grant 263.0000.G.00.3089.00.  (Cairo: American Research Center in Egypt, 1999).

Mackay, E  The Cutting and Preparation of Tomb-chapels in the Theban Necropolis.  JEA 7 (1921): 154-168.

Maspero, Gaston.  Les hypogées royaux de Thèbes.  Revue de l'histoire des religions 17 (1888):  251-310, 18 (1889):  1-67.

Müller, Max. Zum Werkverfähren an thebanischen Grabwänden des Neuen Reiches.  SAK 13 (1986): 149-164.

Orsenigo, Christian.  La découverte du tombeau de Maiherperi (KV 36) dans les notes inédites de Victor Loret.  In:  Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin (eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble , 6-12 Septembre 2004  (= OLA, 150).  Leuven : Peeters, 2007.  Pp. 1429-1436.

Pernigotti, Sergio and Paolo Davoi.  La Valle dei Re: Storia e scoperte.  Archeo: Actualità del passato 16, 1 (2000): 53-85.

Piankoff, Alexandre.  Les tombeaux de la Vallée des Rois avant et après l'hérésie amarnienne.  BSFE 28-29 (1959): 7-14.

Polz, Daniel K.    The Location of the Tomb of Amenhotep I: A Reconsideration.  In:  Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 8-21.

Polz, Daniel. An Architect’s Sketch from the Theban Necropolis, MDAIK 53 (1997): 233-240.

Polz, Daniel.  Der Beginn des Neuen Reiches: Zur Vorgeschichtliche einer Zeitenwende.  (= SDAIK, 31).  Berlin, 2007

Porter, Bertha and Rosalind L.B. Moss.  Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2: Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries.  2nd ed., rev. and augmented.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964.

Reeves, Carl Nicholas.  Excavations in the Valley of the Kings, 1905/6: A Photographic Record.  MDAIK 40 (1984): 227-235.

Reeves, Carl NicholasValley of the Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis (= Studies in Egyptology).  London: KPI, 1990. 

Reeves, Carl Nicholas  After Tut'ankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes.  London: KPI, 1992. 

Reeves, Carl Nicholas and Richard H. WilkinsonThe Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt’s Greatest Pharaohs.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Roehrig, Catharine.  Gates to the Underworld: The Appearance of Wooden Doors in the Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings.  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 82-107.

Romer, John.  Thutmosis I and the Bibân El-Molûk: Some Problems of Attribution.  JEA 60 (1974): 119-133.

Romer, John.  Royal Tombs of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty.  MDAIK 32 (1976): 191-206.

Romer,  John.  The Theban Royal Tomb Project.  NARCE 109 (1979): 119-133.

Romer, JohnValley of the Kings.  London: Rainbird, 1981, repr., 1988; New York: Morrow, 1981.  Transl. in French as: Histoire de la vallée des rois.  Paris, 1991

Romer, John.  History and Experience in the Valley of the Kings.  In:  Sesto Congrresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Atti.  (Turin, 1992).  I: 543-548/

Romer, John and Romer, Elizabeth.  The Rape of Tutankhamun.  London: O’Mara Books, 1993.

Rossi, Corinna.  Dimensions and Slope in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasty Royal Tombs.  JEA 87 (2001): 73-80.

Rössler-Köhler, Ursula.  Einige Beobachtungen an Dekorationsteilen der Königsgräber der NR.  BiOR 43 (1986): 277-302.

Rutherford, John.  Damage in the Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings: A Preliminary Report to the President of the Egyptian Organization of Antiquities Requested of the Brooklyn Museum by H.E. Dr Gamal Mokhtar in January 1977.  Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1977.

Rutherford, John.  Geotechnical Causes of Ancient Tomb Damage, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.  Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Restoration and Maintenance of Infrastructures and Historical Monuments (Bangkok, 1990): 3-15.

Rutherford, John and Donald P. Ryan.  Tentative Tomb Protection Priorities, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 134-156.

Ryan, Donald P., The Pacific Lutheran University Valley of the Kings Project:  A Synopsis of the First (1989) Season.  NARCE 146 (1989): 8-10.

Ryan, Donald P.  Some Observations Concerning Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings.  In: Carl Nicholas Reeves,  After Tut'ankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes.  London: KPI, 1992.  Pp. 21-27.  The article deals with KV 21, 27, 28, 44, 45 and 60.

Ryan, Donald P.  Further Observations Concerning the Valley of the Kings.  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 157-161.

Schott, Siegfried.  Die Schrift der verborgenen Kammer in Königsgräbern der 18 Dynastie: Gliederung, Titel und Vermerke.  NAWG 4 (1958): 315-372.

Seyfried, Karl-Joachim.  Bemerkungen zur Erweiterung der unterirdischen Anlagen einiger Gräber des Neuen Reiches in Thebes : Versuch einer Deutung.  ASAE 71 (1987): 229-250.

Seton-Williams, Veronica and Peter StocksBlue Guide: Egypt.  London: A & C Black, 1993.  Pp. 563-575.

Siliotti, Alberto. Guide to the Valley of the Kings. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996.

Strudwick, Nigel.  Flood Damage in Thebes.  Biblical Archaeologist 58 (1995): 116-117.

Taylor, John H.  Aspects of the History of the Valley of the Kings in the Third Intermediate Period.  In  Carl Nicholas Reeves,  After Tut'ankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes.  London: KPI, 1992. Pp. 186-206.

Thomas, Elizabeth p3 hr hni hnw n hnw hni:  A Designation of the Valley of the Kings.  JEA 49 (1963): 57-63.

Thomas, Elizabeth.  The Four Niches and Amuletic Figures in Theban Royal Tombs.  JARCE 3 (1964):  71-8.

Thomas, ElizabethThe Royal Necropoleis of Thebes.  Princeton: privately printed, 1966.

Thomas, Elizabeth.  Cairo Ostracon J.72460.  In: Fs Hughes (1976), Pp. 209-216.

Thomas, Elizabeth.  The "Well" in Kings' Tombs of Bibân el-Moluk.  JEA 64 (1978): 80-83.

van der Heyden, AValley of the Kings / Tal der Könige / Vallée des Rois.  Cairo: Al Ahram, 1982.

Vandersleyen, Claude.  Who Was the First King in the Valley of the Kings?  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 22-24.

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Ventura, Raphael.  The Largest Project for a Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings.  JEA 74 (1988): 137-156.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Preliminary Report, 1978.  Berkeley: University of California, 1978.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Report of the Second Season, 1979.  Berkeley: University of California, 1979.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Report of the Third Season, 1980.  Berkeley: University of California, 1980.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Report of the Fourth Season, 1981. Berkeley: University of California, 1981.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Report of the Fifth Season, 1982. Berkeley: University of California, 1982.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Report of the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Seasons. Berkeley: University of California, 1987.

Weeks, Kent R.  Theban Mapping Project:  Anatomy of a Concession.  KMT 1/1 (1990):  40-7. 60-3.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Work of the Theban Mapping Project and the Protection of the Valley of the Kings.  In Richard H. Wikinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 122-128.

Weeks, Kent R. Valley of the Kings. National Geographic Magazine 194, 3 (September, 1998) p. 6-40.

Weeks, Kent R. (ed.).  Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (= Publications of the Theban Mapping Project, 1).  Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2000.

Weeks, Kent R. (ed.).  The Treasures of the Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Temples of the Theban West Bank in Luxor.  Vercelli: WhiteStar, 2001; Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2001.  Available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish.  Pp. 112-269.

Weeks, Kent R.  The Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings.  Vercelli: WhiteStar, 2005; Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2005.  Available in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Greek, and Czech.

Weeks, Kent R. and Nigel J. Hetherington.  The Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt: Site Management Masterplan.  (= PTMP, 5).  Cairo: Theban Mapping Project, 2006.

Weigall, Arthur Edward Pearse Brome.  A Guide to the Antiquities of Egypt.  London: Bracken, 1996.

Wente, Edward F.  A Prince's Tomb in the Valley of the Kings.  JNES 32 (1973): 223-234.

Wilkinson, Richard H.  The Other Valley of the Kings: Exploring the Western Branch of the Theban Royal Necropolis.  KMT 2/3 (1991):  46-52.

Wilkinson, Richard H.  The Paths of Re:  Symbolism in the Royal Tombs of Wadi Biban El Moluk.  KMT 4/3 (1993):  43-51.

Wilkinson, Richard H.  Symbolic Location and Alignment in New Kingdom Royal Tombs and Their Decoration.  JARCE 31 (1994):  79-86.

Wilkinson, Richard H.  The Motif of the Path of the Sun in Ramesside Royal Tombs: An Outline of Recent Research.  JSSEA 25 (19950: 78-84.

Wilkinson, Richard H.  Symbolic Orientation and Alignment in New Kingdom Royal Tombs.  In Richard H. Wilkinson (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.  Pp. 74-81.

Wilkinson, Richard H. (ed.), Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs.  Tucson: University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, 1995.

Wilkinson, Richard.  University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition: Western Valley of the Kings Project (2000-2001) Final Report.  ASAE 78 (2004): 199-204.
               
Wilkinson, Richard H. and Carl Nicholas Reeves.  The Complete Valley of the Kings.  London:  Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Wüst, R. Geologisch-geotechnische Untersuchungen im Thebanischen Gebirge, Teil Sud, Luxor, Aegypten.  Unpub. Dissertation.  Bern, 1995.

Wüst, R.  and J. McLane.  Rock Deterioration in the Royal Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt.  Engineering Geology 58 (2000): 163-190.

Wüst, R. and C. Schluechter.  The Origin of Soluble Salts in Rocks of the Theban Mountains, Egypt: The Damage Potential to Ancient Egyptian Wall Art.  Journal of Archaeological Sciences 27 (2000): 11620-1172.

Yoshimura, Sakuji, Jiro Kondo, and Nozomu Kawai.  A Survey of the Tombs in the Valley of the Kings (= Studies in Egyptian Culture, 10).  Tokyo: Institute of Egyptology, 2000.

Zandee, J.  The Book of Gates.  In:  Fs. Bleeker (Leiden, 1969): 282-324
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