QV71

QV71 is the tomb of Bintanath, the daughter and Great Wife of Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was mentioned by Champollion and Lepsius, and later excavated by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin).

QV71
Burial site of Bintanath
Queen Bintanath before a god, and her daughter before the goddess Nephtys in QV71. (Drawing based on scene recorded by Lepsius).
LocationValley of the Queens
LayoutShort corridor, a hall and inner room.
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Lepsius gives a short description of this tomb. In his list this is tomb number 4.

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