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KV9, the tomb of Ramses V and Ramses VI, is one of the most beautiful and largest tombs in the eastern Valley of the Kings and dates back to the 20th Dynasty. The entrance is located directly above the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62).

The tomb is rectilinear and measures "only" 29 meters in length. The tomb complex is the smallest in the Valley of the Kings, smaller than that of Tutankhamun.

At 125 meters long, the tomb of Ramses III is one of the longest in the Valley of the Kings. It is well preserved, and its colorful sunken reliefs are striking.

The paintings here are very well preserved, and the colors are quite bright. The tomb is one of the most beautiful in the entire valley.

The hill is also the site of a Coptic monastery of Saint Anthony and some of the tombs were reused as a Coptic church.

Mekhu and Sabni were father and son, nomarchs during the reign of Pepi II (end of dynasty VI, Old Kingdom.) Mekhu was Chancellor of Lower Egypt. Sabni was Governor of Upper Egypt and held several important titles such as count, royal sealer, overseer of Upper Egypt, sole friend, overseer of the foreign lands and lector priest. On the facade of the tomb is carved a long, almost illegible, biographical inscription reporting Sabni's expeditions to Nubia, where he collected the body of his deceased father, Mekhu, who had died there during an earlier expedition, in order to give him a burial in accordance with the proper rites. An impression of how the burial ceremony of an important person was executed can be found in the autobiographical inscription of Sabni I inside the tomb. Both tombs are carved into the rock side by side, while the main halls of the cult chapels are united.

It is absolutely impressive to visit these beautiful graves. However, the air is very bad and even in winter it is quite warm. So please drink plenty of water and remember to wear appropriate clothing.

Sarenput II was the Overseer of the Priests of Khnum and Commander of the Garrison at Elephantine during the reign of Amenemhet II from the XII Dynasty. Carved in the rocks of the hill on the western bank in front of the city, his tomb is one of the best preserved tombs in Aswan. It consists of a large chamber with six carved and undecorated columns. Between the second and third pillar, there is an offering table that has inscriptions with the name and titles of Sarenput II. The Chamber leads to a gallery with six niches each which once contained mummiform statues of the deceased. The gallery's columns were decorated with images of Sarenput, while the scenes on the walls depict his wife, the Priestess of Hathor, and other family members on plaster and painted in vivid colors. On the front wall of the gallery, there is a colorful text that tells the biography of Sarenput. We can still see the grid-lines, once were being used by the artist in his work. Source: https://egyptopia.com/en/articles/Egypt/aswan-and-nubia/Sarenput-II-Tomb.s.29.13437/