Friday, September 1, 2017

The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Unknown and Unimportant Tombs .. Part ( 27 )

The tomb No. 15 ( Plates 38, 39 )
Tomb No. 15 is that of Suti I, who may be distinguished by a numeral from Suti, or Sutau, who was Overseer of the Treasury, and whose tomb is No. 19 . This tomb is of the cross-corridor type, with the head of the T coming first, and the columned hall forming the leg behind, and with the addition behind of a large columnar hall, or at least the rough commencement of one .

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Ay ( No. 25 ) .. Part ( 26 )

A. General notes
Tomb No. 25 is important, not for its condition, for it is unfinished, but for its owner, who was that Ay ( Eye ) who, after serving Akhenaten in the king's youth, and being a supporter of his religious policy all through, finally succeeded to the throne after the death of Tutankhamun, and has his actual burial-place in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, where it is No. 23, known as ' The Tomb of the Apes ' .

Friday, August 25, 2017

The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Any ( No. 23 ) .. Part ( 25 )

Tomb No. 23 belongs to Any ( or Eny ) . The position of this tomb will best be learnt from the map ( Plate 13-c ) . A broad road leads to it from the river, marking out the spot as the site of an important tomb .