Tomb of Ramesses IV The pharaoh Ramesses IV was buried in Tomb KV2, located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The tombs of Ramesses II and VII are on either side. Ramesses died at the age of 27 in 1148 BC. He is connected to the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak. Coordinates 25.741530,32.602080 Description The tomb is of similar design to others in that it has a corridor to the burial chamber with side rooms. It is thought to be about 75 metres long and declines about 10 metres from the entrance. Chamber E, as the antechamber, has stars painted on the ceiling. Chamber K is built with side rooms, and the burial chamber J has a vaulted ceiling with astrological patterns along with the sarcophagus. Coptic monks were said to have lived in the tomb, and in the 19th century, explorers like Jean-François Champollion had camped there. Earlier, Romans were said to have left what is considered as graffiti in the tomb. Measurements These are the tombs' measurements in metres, including the a...
Dolmen de Keriaval The Dolmen de Keriaval is a dolmen near Carnac in Morbihan, France, it is located in a wood northeast of the hamlet of Keriaval and is 2.743km away from Carnac through an angle of 40° about an arc due to the size of the site. Other sites nearby include the Mané-Kerioned dolmen which is located 175m to the west at 7°, the Kluder-Yer dolmen 422m to the north at 82°, the Crucuny alignment about 400 m to the north-east, menhirs from Kériaval about 130 m to the east, alignment of Kériaval about 110 m to the southwest and the Dolmen de Kéric-la-Lande about 1200m at 4.5° towards the north. Dolmen de Kermario on the Carnac site is 2550m at 29.5° towards the south. Coordinates 47.615349,-3.083279 Altitude 15m (49ft) Dolmen de Keriaval can be best described as two dolmens both not in good condition. Both dolmens point towards the southwest with one at 45° and the other at 63°. Analysis Although unlike the typical shaped dolmen like the Dolmen de Kermario and...