In 1995, archaeologists made a remarkable discovery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Though the tomb numbered KV5 was already partially excavated as early as 1825, its true extent was only discovered by Kent Weeks and his team. During their exploration it gradually appeared to be the largest in the Valley of the Kings. Though probably started as an earlier tomb, it was later usurped and enlarged by king Rameses II as burial place for a number of his sons.