Since antiquity, the tomb of Ramesses III (KV 11) has been among the most frequently visited royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. It was also one of the first to be described and documented in detail by European travellers in the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. As large parts of the wall decoration of the tomb, especially in its rear, are now destroyed, the drawings, notes and squeezes of those early researchers who saw the site in its former splendour offer an invaluable resource for the reconstruction of the tomb’s unique decoration programme. The collection, revision, and publication of all relevant archive material concerning KV 11 is an important goal of The Ramesses III (KV 11) Publication and Conservation Project. The following article reports on first and preliminary results from the authors’ research in the archives of the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as the Bodleian Libraries and the Griffith Institute in Oxford, carried out in September 2019 and made possible through the Centenary Award 2019 of the Egypt Exploration Society.

自古以来，拉美西斯三世的陵墓（KV 11）一直是帝王谷中最常参观的皇家陵墓之一。它也是 18 至 19 世纪欧洲旅行者最早对其进行详细描述和记录的地区之一。由于墓室墙壁装饰的大部分，特别是其后部，现在已被毁坏，早期研究人员看到该遗址昔日辉煌时的图画、笔记和挤压为重建墓室独特的装饰提供了宝贵的资源程序。收集、修订和出版有关 KV 11 的所有相关档案材料是拉美西斯三世 (KV 11) 出版和保护项目的一个重要目标。