El-Amarna – Historical Notes .. Part ( 1 )

We are now within the sacred territory of Akhenaten's holy city, Akhetaten, better known to most people as El-Amarna . The present appearance of this once great and famous city is not imposing . The area is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km ( 36 miles ) south of the city of al-Minya .

Tombs : KV59 – KV60 - KV61 .. The last part of The Valley of the Kings

Are unidentified and uninscribed, but KV60 was known for the nurse " Sit-Ra, called In ", and it contained burials of the nurses of Tuthmosis IV or Hatshepsut .

KV56 : The Gold Tomb & KV58 : The Chariot Tomb .. Part ( 36 )

KV56 – The Gold Tomb

In 5 January 1908, Mr. Edward Russell Ayrton and Mr. Theodore Monroe Davis discovered in this tomb part of the jewellery of Queen Tausret and Seti II, which had perhaps been cached here by Setnakht, when he usurped KV14, the queen's tomb . This tomb is uninscribed and unidentified .

Tombs : KV49 – KV50 – KV51 – KV52 - KV53 .. Part ( 35 )

These are all small uninscribed tomb, of no interest to the visitor . Nos. 50, 51, and 52 contained the mummified bodies of royal pets, monkeys, dogs, an ibis, and some ducks, so they called " The Animal Tombs " .

Tombs : KV37 – KV40 – KV41 – KV44 - KV45 - KV48 .. Part ( 34 )

KV37 – Unknown

The tomb was discovered on 1899 by Victor Loret, and the excavation was made by Loret for the Service des Antiquités on 1899 .

KV36 – Tomb of Maiherperi .. Part ( 33 )

Also known as the Standard-Bearer ( or Fan-Bearer ) to the King . Maiherperi must have been high in favour with Queen Hatshepsut to be allowed a tomb in the valley . His funerary furniture, including a specially fine copy of The Book of the Dead, with coloured vignettes, found in the tomb, and Maiherperi's canopic chest of resin-coated wood with gilded details, now occupies several cases in U 17 ( 3800-3823 ) at Cairo museum .

Tombs from : KV26 to KV33 .. Part ( 32 )

Are situated in the main valley . They are uninscribed and unidentified .

KV24 ( WV24 ) and KV25 ( WV25 ) .. Part ( 31 )

Also in the Western Valley, are uninscribed and unidentified .

KV21 – Unknown Tomb .. Part ( 30 )

This tomb is one of a group of four uninscribed and unidentified tombs not far from the tomb of Hatshepsut, and between it and the tomb of the vizier Userhet ( No. 45 ) .

KV12 – Unknown Tomb .. Part ( 29 )

This tomb, which has not been identified, unknown and unpublished, lies about midway between the tomb of Haremhab and that of Amenhotep II ( 57 and 35 ) . It was discovered before 1739 by Richard Pococke .

KV62 – Tomb of Tutankhamun .. Part ( 28 )

General view

The discovery of this tomb, with its priceless contents, by far the most valuable find of modern Egyptology from an artistic point of view, though less important historically, was made by Mr. Howard Carter, working in collaboration with the late Earl of Carnarvon, on 4^th November, 1922 .