 Some of the items may have been used by the king during his lifetime (Tutankhamun's sandals for example), and some were specially constructed for the burial.The modern abbreviation "KV" stands for "Kings' Valley".In 1827 Wilkinson painted KV numbers over the entrances to the 21 tombs that lay open in the East Valley at that time, as well as four tombs in the West Valley that he dubbed WV1 through WV4.