The second tomb that we visited in the Valley of the Kings was the tomb of Thutmosis III, who died in 1425 BC. This was my favorite tomb that we visited. The planners for this tomb really worked hard and went to great lengths to thwart the cunning of the ancient thieves. You can see the layout in the first photo. You need to know, however, that on the placard, the tomb layout looks flat. It was not flat.

First of all, it was way up at the end of one of the canyons within the valley. Next, we had to climb way up into one of the crevices in the canyon wall. You can see this in the second photo. After we climbed way up that canyon, we climbed down some 90 steps. At that point, we had to cross a pit which is in the third photo. Today, there is a bridge to walk across the pit, but in ancient times, there was no bridge. After that, we entered into the tomb.

The ceiling was covered with stars in this tomb as well. Most walls were covered with primitive looking stick figures plus snakes, boats, trees, etc. One ancient stick figure was very clearly signaling “touchdown” much like the referee in American football. Most of the figures were gods or demigods.

The burial chamber itself was quite large. It was oval shaped with curved walls. It had a quartzite sarcophagus carved in the shape of a cartouche. Thutmosis’s mummy is now in the Egyptian museum in Cairo. We saw it when we visited that museum. He was less than five feet tall. I got a picture of the burial chamber. It’s not a very good picture, but it’s probably better than my description. The pillars on the left side of the photo are in the middle of the chamber.

Again to give you a better idea of where this tomb was located, the last photo was taken as I left the tomb, looking back down towards the valley.