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Luxor in Al Qarna, Luxor Governorate, Egypt — مصر (Northeast Africa)
 

Tomb of Thutmosis III

 
 
Tomb of Thutmosis III Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 7, 2007
1. Tomb of Thutmosis III Marker
Inscription.  

The Great Conqueror who ruled Egypt from 1504 to 1450 B.C. It contains inscriptions from the book What is in the Hereafter.
• Stairs and corridors
• Well for deluding the thieves
• Chamber with two columns
• Stairs leading to the burial chamber
• Burial chamber in cartouche shape and with two columns

مقبرة تحوتمس الثالث
الفاتح العظيم الذي حكم مصر بين أعوام ۱۰۰-۱۵۰ قدم تحوي المقبرة نقوش من كتاب ما هو موجود في العالم الاخر سلم ودهلیز و بئر
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 25° 44.267′ N, 32° 36.042′ E. Marker is in Luxor, Luxor Governorate, in Al Qarna. It can be reached from no nearby street. Thutmosis III tomb is located in an almost inaccessible cleft in the southern end of the Valley of Kings. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Luxor, Luxor Governorate 13404-20, Egypt. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Africa, specifically in North Africa, in the Middle East, on the Red Sea, and in a coastal Mediterranean
Entrance toThutmosis III Tomb image. Click for full size.
Photo courtesy of Hajor
2. Entrance toThutmosis III Tomb
country. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, a British colony, and the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pylon of Ramesses II (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Luxor Temple / معبد الأقصر (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Nectanebo I (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Pinedjem I (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Ramses II (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Tutankhamun (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Amenhotep III (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Hatshepsut (approx. 5.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Luxor.
 
Thutmosis III Sarcophagus image. Click for full size.
Photo courtesy Luxor Museum
3. Thutmosis III Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus located in the tomb's burial chamber
Thutmosis III burial chamber pillars image. Click for full size.
Photo courtesy Luxor Museum
4. Thutmosis III burial chamber pillars
The Valley of Kings, Luxor west bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 7, 2007
5. The Valley of Kings, Luxor west bank
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 21, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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