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Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 11:03:55 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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US dig uncovers King Tut's neighbours
The Age | February 9, 2006 - 2:26AM
Posted on 02/08/2006 1:48:04 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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KV55
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One scenario, suggested by Nicholas Reeves, goes as follows: Ahkenaten and his mother, Queen Tiye, were originally entombed at Akhenaten’s new capital Akhetaten (modern Amarna) but the mummies were moved to KV55 following the total abandonment of Akhetaten during the reign of Tutankhamen, who was likely Akhenaten’s son by his secondary wife, Kiya. The door was sealed with Tutankhamen’s name. There the mummies remained for about 200 years, until the tomb was rediscovered by workmen excavating the tomb of Ramesses IX nearby. By this time, Akhenaten was reviled as the “heretic king” so Queen Tiya’s sarcophagus was hastily removed from his defiling presence, except for its surrounding gilded wooden shrine which would have had to be dismantled for removal. Akhenaten’s likeness was chiseled off of the shrine’s carved relief instead. Moreover, the gold face mask was ripped from Akhenaten’s sarcophagus and his identifying cartouche was removed from its hieroglyphic inscription, thus consigning its occupant to oblivion. As a final insult, a large rock was thrown at the coffin.

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	Antiquity Journal  & archive  Archaeologica  Archaeology  Archaeology Channel  BAR  Bronze Age Forum  Discover  Dogpile  Eurekalert  Google  LiveScience  Mirabilis.ca  Nat Geographic  PhysOrg  Science Daily  Science News  Texas AM  Yahoo  Excerpt, or Link only?	Just updating the GGG info, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. KV63--New Cache of Grave Goods Discovered in The Valley of the Kings by William Max Miller, M. A. Updated 7/30/06 The most reasonable conjecture concerning the nature of KV63 is that offered by Nicholas Reeves, who argues (very plausibly) that the small cache of embalming materials and unused coffins strongly indicates the presence of yet another undiscovered royal tomb nearby. Reeves, whose Valley of the Kings Foundation has searched the royal Valley for undiscovered tombs using radar, recently announced the discovery of an underground "anomaly" near the entrance to KV62 which is similar to that which had initially alerted excavators to the presence of KV63. Reeves argues that KV63 probably bears the same relationship to this "anomaly" (which is presumably another tomb) that  KV54 bore to Tutankhamen's tomb. KV54, which was discovered for Theodore Davis by Edward Ayrton during their 1907-1908 excavation season, contained refuse material that had been used in the burial of Tutankhamen, and provided a highly important clue which led to Howard Carter's discovery of the boy king's final resting place in 1922. If Reeves is correct, the anomalous radar "blip" located near KV62 may very well prove to be the long sought-for burial of several missing Amarna-period royals. There's a list here of possible undiscovered burials: Missing Royal tombs of Ancient Egypt. Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
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