Friday, January 27, 2017

KV1 to KV7 .. Tombs in the Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 6 )

KV1 – Tomb of Ramses VII
This tomb lies on the right-hand side of the road, in a little valley which leads westwards from a point before the barrier at the entrance to the valley is reached .

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Historical notes .. Decoration & The funerary texts of the royal tombs at The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 5 )

It will at once be noticed that the decoration of the royal tombs is of a totally different type from that with which we have become familiar in the mastabas of the Old Kingdom, and the rock-tombs of the Middle Kingdom, or that which we shall shortly see in the mortuary chapels of the Theban nobles .

Monday, January 2, 2017

Historical notes .. The most important tombs at The Valley of the Kings .. Part ( 4 )

With the story of the finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun the modern history of the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings closes for the present, though we have no warrant for the belief that the interruption is more than a temporary one .