WVA (grave)
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WVA |
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| place | Valley of the Kings (West Valley) |
| Discovery date | before February 25, 1845 |
| excavation | Sakuji Yoshimura and Jiro Kondo |
| Previous WV25 |
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WVA (also KVA ) is the name of a single-chambered grave in the Valley of the Kings (western valley) discovered by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1845 . It is about 60 m south of the entrance to the tomb of Amenhotep III. ( WV22 ) and probably served as its pantry. It is one of a total of 20 graves or pits that have been started with a letter instead of a number.
exploration
When Lepsius discovered it, the entrance to the burial chamber was still under 3 m deep rubble.
From 1905 to 1906 it was then superficially examined by Émile Gaston Chassinat and uncovered from 1993 to 1994 by the Japanese Egyptologists Yoshimura and Kondo ( Waseda University ). It still has much of its original entry barriers. The chamber contained wine amphoras and pottery from ceramics . The amphorae had labels from the 32nd and 37th year of Amenhotep III's reign. Mistake.
See also
literature
- Richard Lepsius : Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia and the Peninsula of Sinai . Bohn, London 1853, p. 262, online .
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard. H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 .
- Richard H. Wilkinson : Valley of the Sun Kings. New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs . University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 1995, ISBN 0-9649-9580-8 , pp. 30-32.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Amenhotep III. ruled a total of 38 years.
Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 32 ° 35 ′ 50.6 ″ E