Tomb of Ay
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Tomb of Ay
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Tomb of Ay
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Location of the
Tomb of Ay
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Facts, dates and
information
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Name of the
Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Ay was Giovanni
Battista Belzoni
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The Ancient
Egyptian Necropolis - the Valley of the Kings
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Location of the
Burial Site
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Tomb of Ay
Tomb of Ay
Full details of Ancient Egyptian
Religion, Death Rituals, Embalmers and Mummification can be found via
the sitemap, in the Section called Egyptian Mummies. The following table lists details of the Tomb of Ay including its reference
number, the date the burial place was discovered and the name and
details of the Egyptologist who discovered or excavated the Tomb of Ay.
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Tomb of Ay |
| Location of the
Burial Site |
Valley of the Kings |
| Number |
KV23 |
| Name of Occupant |
Tomb of Ay (Kheperkheprure Ay 1325
-1321 |
| Period
/ Kingdom |
New
Kingdom |
| Date of Period /
Kingdom |
1570 BC - 1070 BC |
| Dynasty |
18th - Eighteenth
Egyptian Dynasty |
| Date of
Discovery |
Antiquity |
| Name of
Egyptologist |
Re-excavated by
Giovanni Battista Belzoni |
| Nationality of
Giovanni Battista Belzoni |
Italian |
| Lifespan of
Giovanni Belzoni |
1778 -
1823 |
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Additional facts and information about the
Tomb of Ay & Giovanni Battista Belzoni |
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The
Tomb of Ay was built on the base of a sheer cliff, accessed
by a staircase and consists of corridors and chambers.
Paintings and decorations showing images of Ay have suffered
from deliberate desecration, as did the sarcophagus. Hunting
scenes have remained intact. The tomb now contains the
reconstructed, original sarcophagus.
Giovanni
Belzoni was a larger than life character (6 feet 7 ins - 2metres
tall) who excavated many sites in Egypt, often accompanied
by his English wife, Sarah Bane. He published a famous
illustrated book about his Egyptian discoveries called the
Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within
the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia. |
Ancient Egyptian
Tombs - Tomb of Ay excavated by Giovanni Battista Belzoni
The Valley of the Kings is a necropolis. A
necropolis is defined as a large cemetery
or burial place near the site of a center of an ancient civilization.
The Valley of the Kings, where the Tomb of Ay was found, is located near the
Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes (now modern-day Luxor). There are 63
tombs which have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings belonging to
the Pharaohs and leading dignitaries. Many of the tombs were discovered
by the Egyptian tomb robbers of antiquity but during the 19th and 20th
centuries renewed interest in Egyptology led European Egyptologists,
such as Giovanni Battista Belzoni, to
make further excavations in the Valley of the Kings, hoping to find
undiscovered tombs, complete with
fabulous treasures.
Ancient Egyptian Tomb numbering system
All tombs are and numbered and the legends KV, QV, WV & TT indicate their location as
follows:
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KV (e.g. KV
no.35) refers to the King Valley
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QV (e.g. QV
no.66) refers to the burial of Nerfertari in the Queen Valley
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WV (e.g. WV
no.23) refers to the burial of the Pharaoh Ay in the Western
Valley
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TT (e.g. TT
no.55) refers to the burial of Ramose designated to the
category of Theban Tomb
Tomb of Ay
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Pharaohs and of Egypt. The Sitemap provides full details
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of the Tomb of Ay discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni.
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