# What happened to KV65?

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**Created:** [March 24, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467 "2019-03-24T21:43:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467/1 "2019-03-24T21:43:36Z")

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This was, possibly, the 65th tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings. Apparently discovered in 2008, I can’t find much about it since then.

> **[KV65](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV65)**
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> KV65 is an unexcavated, possible tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. As of August 2008, when its discovery was announced, nothing of its layout, decoration or owner is known. The tomb entrance appears to be of an 18th Dynasty style.
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> This article about subjects relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467/2 "2019-03-24T23:01:21Z")

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The 4th word in your wiki link is “unexcavated”.  
So since they haven’t dug it up yet, there probably isn’t much more info available about it.

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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467/3 "2019-03-25T01:02:54Z")

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One of the tenets of archaeology is to leave something for future generations to research, especially since new knowledge, techniques and technology may yield better results. Not only are some sites not excavated, but sometimes (especially at sites with time restricted access), the artifacts are returned and the site restored to its original state prior to discovery.

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**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467/4 "2019-03-25T18:13:27Z")

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> [@lingyi](#):
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> One of the tenets of archaeology is to leave something for future generations to research, especially since new knowledge, techniques and technology may yield better results. Not only are some sites not excavated, but sometimes (especially at sites with time restricted access), the artifacts are returned and the site restored to its original state prior to discovery.

Thanks. Whoever discovered the entrance must surely be dying of curiosity. Unless, of course, they already know what’s in there 😉

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-kv65/831467/5 "2019-03-25T18:26:15Z")

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Excavation may be delayed by the somewhat troublesome political situation in Egypt over the past few years.