Commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of work in the royal burial ground by the 5th Earl of Carnavon and Howard Carter, this book presents an up-to-date review of the developments in excavation, mapping and research in the Valley of the Kings.

Fourteen leading Egyptologists, al delegates to the International Conference on the Valley of the Kings (Highclere Castle, June 1990) are contributors to this collection of papers. Commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of work in the Royal burial ground by the fifth Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, the contributions present an up-to-date review of the developments in excavation, mapping and research in the Valley.

Foreword, The Earl of Carnarvon. Royal mummies of the 18th dynasty - a biologic and egyptological approach, Edward F. Wente and James E. Harris
some observations concerning uninscribed tombs in the Valley of the Kings - Donald P. Ryan
an interim report on work in KV39, September-October 1989, John Rose
a preliminary report on the re-clearance of the tomb of Amenophis III, Jiro Kondo
Akhenaten and Nefernefruaten in the tomb of Tutankhamun, J.R. Harris
Royal figures from Tutankhamun's tomb - their historical usefulness, Claude Vandersleyen
the sarcophagus in the tomb of Tutankhamun, Marianne Eaton-Krauss
zum grab sethos'I in seinem ursprunglichen zustand, Erik Hornung
the Theban mapping project and work in KV5, Kent P. Weeks
the tomb of Merenptah and its sarcophagi, Edwin C. Brock
bemerkungen zu den neu gefundenen daten im grab der konigin twosre (KV 14) im tal der konige von theben, Hartwig Altenmuller
the structure of the decoration in the tomb of Ramesses IX, Friedrich Abitz
aspects of the history of the Valley of the Kings in the Third Intermediate Period, John H. Taylor.