KV28
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KV28 |
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| place | Valley of the Kings |
| Discovery date | before 1832 |
| excavation | unknown |
| Previous KV27 |
The following KV29 |
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The ancient Egyptian tomb KV28 in the Valley of the Kings (Eastern Valley ) was discovered before 1832. It is a non-royal grave whose owner is unknown.
Research and Publication
First discovered before 1832, John Gardner Wilkinson noticed the tomb before it was visited by Eugène Lefébure in 1889 . According to Lefébure, the tomb contained some mummy bones and mummy bandages and was otherwise completely empty. Donald P. Ryan examined KV28 in 1990 for Pacific Lutheran University and published his research results in the spring of 1991 in "KMT 2/1".
Location and architecture
KV28 consists of a shaft that leads into a single rectangular burial chamber. On the back wall there is a door that has not yet been investigated further, which perhaps leads to another chamber. The grave is undecorated.
Finds
During his excavation work in 1990, Ryan found the remains described by Lefébure. According to Ryan, the bones are from at least two people. Furthermore, fragments found a canopic jar of limestone , various pieces of wooden objects, and a so-called funeral cone from the Theban necropolis dates.
Based on the found pottery shards it can be assumed that the burials were possibly carried out in the time of Thutmose IV . His grave, KV43 , is not far away, which is why KV28 is possibly the grave of a high official of this king .
See also
literature
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , p. 182.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theban Mapping Project: KV28 ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b N. Reeves, RH Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Augsburg 2000, p. 182.
