The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings

Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona, author or editor of ten books, including Tausret (OUP 2012).Kent Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and author or editor of twelve books on ancient Egypt.

• Contributors ; Abbreviations ; Preface ; Part I: Introduction ; Richard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks ; Part II: The Natural Setting ; 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings ; Judith M. Bunbury ; 2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches ; Kent R. Weeks ; 3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity ; Andreas Dorn ; Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis ; 4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis ; John H. Taylor ; 5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings ; Aidan Dodson ; Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development ; 6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina ; Robert J. Demaree ; 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and ; Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places ; Andreas Dorn ; 8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs ; Kent R. Weeks ; 9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings ; Lyla Pinch-Brock ; Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration ; 10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration ; Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong ; 11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes ; Heather L. McCarthy ; Part VI: Individual KV Tombs ; 12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen ; Catharine H. Roehrig ; 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty ; Hartwig Altenmueller ; 14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty ; Aidan Dodson ; 15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV ; Susanne Bickel ; Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs ; 16. Sarcophagi ; Aidan Dodson ; 17. Canopics ; Aidan Dodson ; 18. Other Tomb Goods ; Campbell Price ; Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife ; 19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings ; Alexandra von Lieven ; 20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts ; Joshua Roberson ; Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse ; 22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs ; Richard H. Wilkinson ; 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches ; John H. Taylor ; Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study ; 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies ; Rosalie David ; 26. Modern Biomedical Studies ; Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe ; 27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA ; Ryan Metcalfe ; Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times ; 28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes ; Martina Ullmann ; 29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls ; Carola Vogel ; 30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings ; Ogden Goelet ; Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century ; 31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti ; Filip Coppens ; 32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century ; Joyce Tyldesley ; Part XIII: The KV in the Late 20th and the 21st Century and Beyond ; 33. Remote Sensing in the Valley of the Kings and its Hinterlands ; Sarah H. Parcak and Gregory D. Mumford ; 34. The Search for Other Tombs ; Stephen W. Cross ; 35. Tomb Recording: Epigraphy, Photography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Surveys ; Adam Lowe ; 36. Conservation and Flood Protection ; Michael Jones ; 37. Tourism in the Valley of the Kings ; Kent R. Weeks ; 38. The Valley of the Kings in the Lives of Modern Egyptians: The People of Qurna ; Kees van der Spek ; Appendix ; Index

This is the definitive guide, with over 600 pages covering the Valley's history, exploration, analysis, conservation and management.