Thursday, March 30, 2017

KV43 – Tomb of Tuthmosis IV .. Part ( 23 )

General view
This tomb was excavated by Mr. Howard Carter and Mr. Theodore Monroe Davis in 1903 . The results of the work are now to be seen in the Cairo Museum ( see No. 3000, U 48, east, there, the front of the king's battle-chariot ) .

Thursday, March 23, 2017

KV42 – Tomb of Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra .. Part ( 22 )

This tomb was certainly made for a royalty, but it is unfinished and uninscribed . It consists of a rough flight of steps, a sloping passage, a small chamber, and the oval burial-hall, with two pillars .

Monday, March 20, 2017

KV39 – Tomb of Amenhotep I .. Part ( 21 )

Historical Notes

This tomb was found by Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter in 1914, at the head of a small lateral valley of the ravine at the extreme northern end of the Theban necropolis, above " Dra Abu el-Naga " .

Friday, March 10, 2017

KV38 – Tomb of Tuthmosis I .. Part ( 20 )

From the point of view of history, this tomb is the most important in the valley, as it was the one which set the fashion of such interments . It lies on the west side of the valley close to the tomb of Tausert and Setnakht ( KV14 ) and between it and that of Seti II ( KV15 ) .