For quite some time, one of the research foci of the Egyptology subject area of the University of Basel has been the Valley of the Kings.
- Under the then director, Prof. Dr. Erik Hornung, the royal underworld texts were collated, annotated, and edited; in addition, several studies on the associated religious ideas were produced.
- From 1998 to 2008 an archaeological project was dedicated to the three tombs KV 18 (Ramses X.), KV 47 (Siptah) and KV 32 (Tiaa) and their surroundings: the project "MISR: Mission Siptah - Ramses X. ".