KV35

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KV35
tomb of Amenhotep II.

place Valley of the Kings
Discovery date March 9, 1898
excavation Victor Loret
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The ancient Egyptian tomb KV35 , located in the Valley of the Kings , is the tomb of Pharaoh Amenophis II from the 18th dynasty , which was discovered on March 9, 1898 by the team of the Egyptologist Victor Loret . The tomb was also a hiding place for royal mummies in the 21st Dynasty , including Thutmose IV , Amenhotep III. , Ramses IV , Ramses V and Merenptah .

Isometric representation, floor plan and sectional drawing of the tomb

Finds and decorations discovered in the grave

Though the grave fell victim to grave robbers thousands of years ago, other finds were discovered in addition to the numerous mummies. The main findings were the sarcophagus of Amenhotep II. From quartzite , Uschebtifiguren of faience , wood and stone, wooden statues with the figures of the Pharaoh and various gods, vessels of glass, stone and faience, a boat model made of wood, a funeral papyrus and a canopic chest from Calcite.

The walls and pillars of the tomb were lavishly decorated. There was a full version of the amduat on the walls . The pillars show the pharaoh before the gods Osiris , Hathor and Anubis . The ceiling of the tomb was decorated with stars on a dark blue and black background. The content-related information belongs thematically to the dean lists C , which are documented for the first time in the grave of Senenmut .

  • Sarcophagus Amenhotep II

  • Room of the sarcophagus with scenes of the Amduat

KV35 as a mummy hiding place

The royal tomb was not only used for the burial of Amenhotep II. Like the Deir el-Bahari cachette (DB / TT320), KV35 later also became a so-called “mummy hiding place”. In addition to the royal mummies, Loret found three unwound mummies in a side chamber to the burial chamber (Jd): two women and a young man. The term "the elderly lady" for one of the two female mummies goes back to Grafton Elliot Smith . Both female mummies were genetically examined in 2010 as part of the King Tutankhamen Family Project . It was found that the "older lady" (KV35EL) is the daughter of Juja and Tuja . Previous assumptions that it was the mummy of Amenhotep III. Great royal consort Teje , were thereby confirmed. The DNA analysis of the so-called " Younger Lady " (KV35YL) showed that she is a daughter of Teje and Amenophis III. who is also Tutankhamun's mother.

Tourism in the grave

In 1994 the grave was closed for five years for renovation reasons, a wooden floor was laid in the grave and the lighting was replaced.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : KV35  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Augsburg 2000, p. 198.

Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 24 ″  N , 32 ° 36 ′ 1 ″  E