Foreword, The Earl of Carnarvon. Royal mummies of the 18th dynasty - a biologic and egyptological approach, Edward F. Wente and James E. Harris; some observations concerning uninscribed tombs in the Valley of the Kings - Donald P. Ryan; an interim report on work in KV39, September-October 1989, John Rose; a preliminary report on the re-clearance of the tomb of Amenophis III, Jiro Kondo; Akhenaten and Nefernefruaten in the tomb of Tutankhamun, J.R. Harris; Royal figures from Tutankhamun's tomb - their historical usefulness, Claude Vandersleyen; the sarcophagus in the tomb of Tutankhamun, Marianne Eaton-Krauss; zum grab sethos'I in seinem ursprunglichen zustand, Erik Hornung; the Theban mapping project and work in KV5, Kent P. Weeks; the tomb of Merenptah and its sarcophagi, Edwin C. Brock; bemerkungen zu den neu gefundenen daten im grab der konigin twosre (KV 14) im tal der konige von theben, Hartwig Altenmuller; the structure of the decoration in the tomb of Ramesses IX, Friedrich Abitz; aspects of the history of the Valley of the Kings in the Third Intermediate Period, John H. Taylor.
C.N. Reeves with a foreword by the Earl of Carnarvon.