Tomb of Merenptah (KV8)

KV8 is the tomb of Merenptah, a king of the Nineteenth Dynasty and son of Ramesses II. The tomb descends through a long sequence of corridors to the burial chamber and preserves funerary decoration connected with the king’s passage through the afterlife. Merenptah was not a Thirteenth Dynasty ruler. The famous Merenptah Stele, which contains the well-known reference to Israel, was discovered in his mortuary temple on the West Bank and is not an inscription inside KV8. The tomb itself has been known since antiquity and was not first discovered by Edward Ayrton in 1881. Visitor planning: Verify opening. Context: Part of the archaeological, architectural or cultural history of ancient and historic Thebes represented across Luxor Governorate. Tomb of Merenptah (KV8) is recorded in the Luxor West Bank area of Luxor. The location record includes the map query Tomb of Merenptah (KV8), Luxor, Egypt. Plan roughly 15 to 40 minutes for the visit. The current planning record recommends early morning as a practical time of day. Expected physical effort is medium. Heat exposure is recorded as high. The current crowd-level estimate is medium. The recorded recommended transport mode is car or ride hail. The current record indicates that admission or an arranged ticket is required; confirm the current terms before visiting. The recorded ticket model is parent ticket. Ticket data status is inherited from parent ticket; reconfirm variable or unverified charges before travel. It is linked to parent record LUX-026 in the destination catalog. Visitor access is currently recorded as limited. Operational confidence is recorded as medium.