KV38

KV38 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was used for the reburial of Pharaoh Thutmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and was where his body was removed to (from KV20) by Thutmose III before ultimately being relocated to the Royal Cache, located in Deir el-Bahri, during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.

KV38
Burial site of Thutmose I
Schematic for KV38
KV38
Coordinates	25°44′19.9″N 32°35′59.1″E
Location	East Valley of the Kings
Discovered	March 1899
Excavated by	Victor Loret (1899) Howard Carter (1919)
Layout	Bent-axis
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On fragments of the background of the burial chamber, it was discovered that the tomb also contained portions of the Amduat, a funerary text commonly found in royal tombs of the period intended to guide deceased royalty through the afterlife.^[1]