Exploration of the Valley of the Kings and non-royal tombs (including KV43, KV46 and KV57). In 1907 they discovered the possible Amarna Period cache in KV55. After finding what they thought was all that remained of the burial of Tutankhamun (items recovered from KV54 and KV58), it was announced that the valley was completely explored and no further burials were to be found, in Davis's 1912 publication, 'The Tombs of Harmhabi" and "Touatânkhamanou'; the book closes with the comment, "I fear that the Valley of Kings is now exhausted." After Davis's death early in 1915 Lord Carnarvon acquired the concession to excavate the valley and he employed
Valley of the Kings Seti I's tomb, KV17 (also known as "Belzoni's tomb", "the tomb of Apis", or "the tomb of Psammis, son of Necho"), is usually regarded as the finest tomb in the valley. It has extensive relief work and paintings. When it was rediscovered by Belzoni in 1817, he referred to it as "..a fortunate day.." The son of Seti, Ramesses the Great, constructed a massive tomb, KV7, but it is in a ruinous state. It is currently undergoing excavation and conservation by a Franco-Egyptian team led by Christian Leblanc. The tomb is vast in size, about the same length, and a