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The Tomb of Thutmose II, discovered by Ashrad Omar [1] in 2022 and attributed in 2025, is a royal ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud area west of Luxor. [2] The tomb, also known by its tomb number Wadi C-4, identified through a joint Egyptian–British archaeological expedition. The tomb is linked to Thutmose II, a ...
The other plan of the tomb was found inscribed on a slab of limestone not far from the tomb's entrance, and is a rough layout of the tomb depicting the location of its doors. The latter plan may have just been a "workman's doodle" [ 2 ] but the papyrus plan almost certainly had a deeper ritual meaning, and may have been used to consecrate the ...
The tomb is in a poor state of preservation due largely to exposure to floods shortly after Thutmose II's death, according to Mohamed Abdel Badie, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the ...
Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI , later reused the tomb as his own. The architectural layout is typical of the 20th Dynasty – the Ramesside period – and is much simpler than that of Ramesses III 's tomb ( KV11 ).
A model vessel inscribed for Sennefer and Senetnay. The tomb was uncovered by two local Copts, Chinouda Macarios and Boutros Andraos, in late 1900; [2] they obtained an excavation permit through their statement that they knew the location of a tomb.
Isometric, plan and elevation images of KV35. It has a bent axis, typical of the layout of early Eighteenth Dynasty tombs, [1] but several features make this tomb unusual. The burial chamber is rectangular and divided into upper and lower pillared sections, with the lower part holding the cartouche-shaped royal sarcophagus of the king.
Tomb KV5 is a subterranean, rock-cut tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It belonged to the sons of Ramesses II . Though KV5 was partially excavated as early as 1825, its true extent was discovered in 1995 by Kent R. Weeks and his exploration team.
Al Qurnah is said to be location of the Tree of Knowledge. The river front Qurnah Tourist Hotel was built during the Ba'athist period to encourage tourism for the region. [24] Majnoon Island near Al-Qurnah is a center for oil production of the giant Majnoon Oilfield. The area was built out of sand dunes and mud to create pathways for oil pipelines.