Tutankhamun’s tomb: yes it is here, no it is not included
Is Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings?
Yes. KV62 is a Valley of the Kings tomb and it is ticketed as one, on the Ministry’s own printed price list alongside Seti I, Ramses V and VI, and Ay. If you are standing in the valley, you are standing at his tomb. What you are not doing, unless you have bought a second ticket, is going into it.
What it costs, and what that money is next to
EGP 700 for an adult, EGP 350 for a student. That is on top of the EGP 750 general entry, not instead of any part of it. For comparison, the general ticket costs slightly more than this one tomb and admits you to three others. The whole grid, with the Valley of the Queens beside it, is on the ticket price list, and why the general ticket and the add-ons are separate things at all is on what the ticket includes.
| What you pay | Adult | What you get in |
|---|---|---|
| EGP 750 general entry | EGP 750 | Three tombs of your choice |
| KV62 on its own | EGP 700 | One tomb |
| KV9 on its own | EGP 220 | One tomb |
| General entry + KV62 | EGP 1,450 | Four tombs |
| General entry + KV62 + KV9 | EGP 1,670 | Five tombs |
The part that saves people money
Buying one of those tickets does not use up one of your three. The three tombs on the general ticket stay yours.If you have paid the EGP 700, you have not spent a general-ticket tomb on it, and the three you chose are still yours to use.
Is he still in there? Yes, and you can see him
This is the question people actually type, and it has a plain answer. Tutankhamun’s mummy is in KV62, on display, and has been since 4 November 2007 — 85 years to the day after Carter’s discovery, when the linen-wrapped mummy was taken out of its golden coffin and placed in a climate-controlled glass box inside the tomb. That is the whole of it: he is there, he is visible, and the ticket that gets you to him is the one priced above.
He is also staying. In 2025 Ali Abdel-Halim, director of the Egyptian Museum, confirmed that Tutankhamun would remain in the Valley of the Kings. So the answer to all four versions of this question — is he in the valley, is he still buried here, is he still in the tomb, can you see him — is yes, and it costs EGP 700 on top of your entry ticket.
The prices on this page are official, from the Ministry’s own printed list. The mummy’s display is reported in a reference encyclopaedia article.
KV62 is a small tomb next to the great corridor tombs — the paying visitor quoted further down this page called it “amazing, but small”.
Is it worth EGP 700?
Opinion is divided. Here is the trade, because the same money buys very different things a hundred metres away.
What works
- The mummy is in there, on display, which is the thing most people are actually asking about and the one thing here that is not on offer anywhere else
- It does not cost you one of your three general-ticket tombs, so the choice is purely about the EGP 700 and nothing else
- A student pays EGP 350, which changes the arithmetic more than any other discount in the valley
Worth knowing
- It is a small tomb beside the great corridor tombs, so it is chosen for the mummy rather than the walls
- EGP 700 is more than three times the EGP 220 that KV9 costs, and two independent sources call KV9 the best value in the valley
- It is one tomb. The general ticket at EGP 750 is three.
The comparison that decides it for a lot of people is with KV9, which is EGP 220 and carries roughly 995 ancient visitor inscriptions dating from the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD, an almost complete Book of Caverns, and a vaulted ceiling with a double elongated figure of the sky goddess Nut framing the Book of the Day and the Book of the Night.So the two tickets are not really competing for the same reason: one is bought for what is on the walls, the other for who is in the room.
If the budget only stretches to one add-on, the argument for KV9 over KV17 is worked through on the Seti I page, and the ranking of the tombs on the general ticket is on which three to choose.
The US$95 guided option
One GetYourGuide product sells entry to this tomb at US$95 per person. The tomb is EGP 700 at the window, which is about US$14 at roughly 50 EGP to the dollar — the mid-market rate read on 16–17 August 2026.
- At the ticket window
- EGP 700
- Which is about
- US$14
- The listed product
- US$95
Its own listing says a guide, fast-track entry and the visitor centre, and those cost money to provide. The same listing also says “Optional Visit to Additional Tombs — depending on your ticket type”, so check which tombs your ticket type covers. The difference from the counter price covers guiding, transfer and convenience.
What the written review says
The listing holds 4.4 from 3 ratings, one of which carries written text.
That review describes one customer’s booking. The reviewer wrote that the guide “gave us our general entry ticket and our specific one for the tomb of Tutankhamun”. So for that person the price covered both the EGP 750 entry and the EGP 700 add-on — EGP 1,450 together, about US$29 at the same rate. It is a buyer’s description of what happened to them, not an inclusions list. Read the product’s own words before you pay.
The same review carries one operational detail nobody else reports: “Guides aren’t allowed in the tombs themselves”, so the guide talked outside and the customer went down alone. If that applies to your booking, the guiding happens in the open air. The customer finished: “Overall it was worth it, but I might just hire a driver and pay for entry in future.”
All six products, each with the number of reviews behind its rating, are set out on the tours page, and the whole day’s spend is assembled on what it costs.
Practical things that apply here
- Buy at the window, by card. Entry tickets have been card-only since June 2023 — paying by card.
- Photography. The personal permit has been abolished, including for DSLR; tripods, flash and drones are all prohibited.See photography.
- Time. Two hours is a comfortable pace for three tombs; three to four if you add the paid ones. Neither includes the ticket queue, the tram or the drive — how much time you need.
- The pass. There is a Luxor Pass, sold in person only, and the tier that adds Seti I and Nefertari is the Premium one. The Luxor Pass page has more on each tier.
If you are travelling with someone who is only going to remember one name from the day, it will be this one, and EGP 700 is a small price to avoid the conversation that starts “we were right there”. If not, the EGP 700 could go towards other tombs in Luxor. Both answers are correct; they are just answers to different questions.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
Yes. It is KV62, in the Valley of the Kings on the Luxor West Bank, and it appears on the Ministry’s printed price list as a separately ticketed tomb.
How much does it cost to visit Tutankhamun’s tomb?
EGP 700 for an adult and EGP 350 for a student, bought on top of the EGP 750 general entry ticket. It does not use up one of the three tombs the general ticket admits you to.
Is Tutankhamun’s tomb included in the general ticket?
No. The general ticket at EGP 750 admits you to three tombs of your choice, and KV62 is not one of the options — it is sold separately at EGP 700.
Is Tutankhamun still in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
Yes. His mummy has been on display inside KV62 since 4 November 2007, in a climate-controlled glass box, and in 2025 the director of the Egyptian Museum confirmed Tutankhamun would remain in the Valley of the Kings. Seeing him costs EGP 700 on top of your entry ticket.
Is Tutankhamun’s tomb worth the extra ticket?
It costs EGP 700 against EGP 220 for Ramses V and VI, which two independent sources call the best value in the valley. The draw is the mummy, on display in the tomb. KV62 is small beside the great corridor tombs, so buy the ticket for who is in the room rather than for what is on the walls.
Why does a Tutankhamun tomb ticket cost US$95 online?
Because that price is not only the ticket. The tomb is EGP 700 at the window, about US$14 at roughly 50 EGP to the dollar on 16–17 August 2026; the listed product is US$95 and the difference is guiding, transfer and convenience. Its own page adds “Optional Visit to Additional Tombs — depending on your ticket type”, so check which tombs your ticket type covers; it holds 4.4 from 3 ratings, one of them with written text.