The Burial Chamber of Pharaoh Merenptah in KV8

Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. The burial chamber is situated at the end of a 160-metre corridor and originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi.

The outer sarcophagus was so voluminous that parts of the corridor had to have their doorjambs demolished and rebuilt to allow it to be brought in. These jambs were then rebuilt using inscribed sandstone blocks which were fixed into place with dovetail cramps. Additionally, the pillars in Chamber F were removed to allow passage of the sarcophagus, though only two were eventually replaced.

During the Third Intermediate Period, Merenptah's mummy was moved to the mummy cache in DB320. His outer sarcophagus was smashed to retrieve the middle sarcophagus for reuse by Psusennes I in his own tomb in Tanis, while the inner sarcophagus was left intact. Historical records suggest two of the pillars from Chamber F may have been stolen by a worker named Paneb for use in his own tomb.

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