Tomb of Queen Tiye /
Akhenaten
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Tomb of Queen Tiye / Akhenaten
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Tomb of Queen
Tiye
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Location of the
Tomb of Queen Tiye / Akhenaten
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Facts, dates and
information
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Name of the
Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Queen Tiye /
Akhenaten was
Edward Ayrton
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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 Queen
Tiye
Tomb of Queen Tiye /
Akhenaten
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 Queen Tiye / Akhenaten 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 Queen Tiye /
Akhenaten.
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Tomb of Queen Tiye /
Akhenaten |
| Location of the
Burial Site |
Valley of the Kings |
| Number |
KV55 |
| Name of Occupant |
Tomb of Queen Tiye (1398 BC – 1338 BC) the chief wife of Amenhotep III and
mother of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten |
| Name of Occupant |
Tomb of Akhenaten (1351BC
-1337BC) the father of Tutankhamun |
| 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
Edward Ayrton in 1906/7 |
| Nationality of
Edward Ayrton |
British |
| Lifespan of Edward
Ayrton |
1882 - 1914 |
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Additional facts
and information about the
Tomb of Queen Tiye / Akhenaten & Edward Ayrton |
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The
identification of the Tomb of Queen Tiye was originally based on a
broken wooden shrine which was dedicated to her and was
found in the tomb. Queen Tiye was
the chief wife of Amenhotep III and mother of the heretic
Pharaoh Akhenaten. It is now believed to be a cache of
burial equipment and human remains which were transferred
following the abandonment of Amarna, the city built by
Akhenaten and dedicated to the Aten. The mummy found in the tomb
is now believed to be that of Akhenaten. The tomb is
accessed via stairs and consists of corridors and chambers
and is undecorated. Theodore M. Davis sponsored Ayrton in this excavation and published an account of
it in 1910.
Edward Ayrton was the son of a wealthy civil servant William Scrope
Ayrton & his wife Ellen Louisa McClatchie. He was educated
at St Paul's School in London. During his career Edward
Russell Ayrton worked with other eminent Egyptologists
including Flinders Petrie and Henri Edouard Naville. |
Ancient Egyptian
Tombs - Tomb of Queen Tiye / Akhenaten excavated by Edward Ayrton
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 Queen Tiye / Akhenaten 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 Edward Ayrton, 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 Queen Tiye / Akhenaten
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