Monday, May 8, 2017

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 4th November, 1922 .

Thursday, April 27, 2017

KV57 – Tomb of Horemhab .. Part ( 27 )

Historical notice
This was the last of the great Mr. Theodore Monroe Davis finds, and was discovered by Edward Russell Ayrton and Mr. Theodore Monroe Davis in 1908 . It lies close to the Gold Tomb ( KV56 ), on the right hand of the path leading to the tomb of Amenhotep II and near the inspector's office .

Saturday, April 22, 2017

KV55 – Tomb of Queen Tiye (?) or King Akhenaten (?) .. Part ( 26 )

General view

This tomb, unsculptured and uninscribed, has great historical interest . It was discovered in 1907 by Mr. Edward Russell Ayrton and Mr. Theodore Monroe Davis, and lies between the tomb of Ramses VI ( KV9 ) and that of Ramses IX ( KV6 ), quite close, in fact, to the tomb of Tutankhamun .