Ramesses VI was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in a tomb now known as KV9. The ornate walls of the tomb include numerous funerary literature to aid the king’s smooth transfer to the afterlife, such as the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns, Amduat, and the Book of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.

Ramesses VI was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in a tomb now known as KV9. The ornate walls of the tomb include numerous funerary literature to aid the king’s smooth transfer to the afterlife, such as the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns, Amduat, and the Book of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.
All the ceilings are adorned with astronomical landscapes and writings.
The huts of the workers who built this tomb were built directly on the ground that concealed the staircase that led to Tutankhamun’s tomb.
In other words, it is this tomb that led to the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922 with all his world-famous treasures within.

Everything You Need To Know About The Elaborate Tomb Of Pharaoh Ramesses VI

Tomb KV9 in the Valley of the Kings of  Ramesses VI

One of the top attractions in Egypt today is the Valley of the Kings in southern Egypt near Luxor. Whereas earlier Egyptian kings (or pharaohs) built the famed pyramids as their funerary monuments in the Old Kingdom, the later pharaohs of the New Kingdom built hidden tombs in the rock. One of the most elaborate and famous of these tombs is the Tomb of Ramesses VI in the Valley of the Kings.

While in southern Egypt, see the many other breathtaking constructions to have survived from the temples and colossal statues of Abu Simbel to the mᴀssive Luxor Temple of ancient Thebes. But first, explore the place where Ramesses VI is entombed.

The Valley of the King with tombs of Pharaohs of the Ancient Egypt
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The Valley of the King with tombs of Pharaohs of the Ancient Egypt

Ramesses VI: A Pharaoh Of A Declining Egypt

Ramesses VI is not to be confused with his more famous predecessor Ramesses II (also called Ramesses the Great). Ramesses VI was the 5th pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt and reigned for around eight years.

He was the son of Ramesses III and Queen Iset Ta-Hemdjert. He succeeded Ramesses V (who was his nephew and the son of his older brother, Ramesses IV).

Ramesses VI is best known for his excellent tomb but is also noted for stopping the raids by marauders in Upper Egypt. At the same time, Egypt seems to have lost the last of its strongholds in Canaan. It seems this was a period of unrest and decline for Egypt. This had the effect of depleting the Egyptian treasury and made new construction projects difficult to fund (part of the reason why he usurped his predecessor’s tomb and other monuments).

Ramesses VI boasted of covering “all the land in great monuments in my name…” but he did so only by engraving his inscriptions over his forbears. In truth, he ruled during the final years of the New Kingdom which would spell the end of Ancient Egypt.

Tomb KV9 in the Valley of the Kings
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Tomb KV9 in the Valley of the Kings where Pharaohs, Ramesses V and VI are

Ramesses VI did not live long and pᴀssed away in his forties. If he had wished to spend eternity in his tomb, he would have been disappointed to know that less than twenty years after his death, his mummy was disturbed and damaged by grave robbers.

Consequently, his mummy was relocated to tomb KV35 during the reign of Pinedjem I. There the mummy was safe and lost to history until it was rediscovered by Victor Loret in 1898.

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