KV55とは 意味・読み方・使い方

KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while he was working in the Valley for Theodore M. Davis. It has long been speculated, as well as much-disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous 'heretic king' Akhenaten. The results of genetic and other scientific tests published in February 2010 have confirmed that the person buried there was both the son of Amenhotep III (as well as the father of Tutankhamun), and also that his age at the time of his death was in fact consistent with that of Akhenaten's; it is therefore almost certain that it is indeed Akhenaten's body.