Tomb of Siptah
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Tomb of Siptah
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Tomb of Siptah
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Location of the
Tomb of Siptah
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Facts, dates and
information
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Name of the
Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Siptah 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 Siptah
Tomb of Siptah
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 Siptah 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 Siptah.
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Tomb of Siptah |
| Location of the
Burial Site |
Valley of the Kings |
| Number |
KV47 |
| Name of Occupant |
Tomb of Siptah (1193 BC – 1187 BC) |
| Period
/ Kingdom |
New
Kingdom |
| Date of Period /
Kingdom |
1570 BC - 1070 BC |
| Dynasty |
19th - Nineteenth
Egyptian Dynasty |
| Date of
Discovery |
Antiquity |
| Name of
Egyptologist |
Re-excavated by
Edward Ayrton |
| Nationality of
Edward Ayrton |
British |
| Lifespan of
Edward Ayrton |
1882 - 1914 |
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Additional facts and information about the Tomb of Siptah & Edward Ayrton |
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The
Tomb of Siptah is accessed via a ramp with divided stairs
and consist of chambers and corridors.
The tomb is decorated with the Litany of Ra and the Book of
the Dead, a magical text which would help the pharaoh
through the perils of the Underworld so he could reach the
Afterlife. Theodore M.
Davis sponsored Ayrton in this excavation and published an account of
it in 1908.
Edward Russell
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 Siptah 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 Siptah 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 Siptah
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