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The Royal Tomb of Akhenaten is a multichambered tomb in the Royal Wadi east of Amarna, Egypt, where members of the Amarna Period royal family were originally buried. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Akhenaten was an Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh who reigned for seventeen years (1355-1338 BC) from his capital city of Akhetaten , known today as Amarna. [ 3 ]
Akhenaten: This tomb might be another mummy cache, and once possibly contained the burials of several Amarna Period royals – Tiye and Smenkhkare/Akhenaten. KV56: 19th Dynasty 1908 Unknown Known as the Gold Tomb, the original owner of this tomb is unknown. Items with names of Ramesses II, Seti II and Tausret were found. KV57: 18th Dynasty 1908
Map of the Royal Wadi, Amarna The Royal Wadi (known locally as Wadi Abu Hassah el-Bahari ) is a necropolis in Amarna , Egypt . It is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian royal family of Amarna, which reigned during the 18th Dynasty .
KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while he was working in the Valley for Theodore M. Davis.It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, who moved the capital to Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna).
The earliest dated stele from Akhenaten's new city is known to be Boundary stele K which is dated to Year 5, IV Peret (or month 8), day 13 of Akhenaten's reign. [12] (Most of the original 14 boundary stelae have been badly eroded.) It preserves an account of Akhenaten's foundation of this city.
Akhenaten died after seventeen years of rule and was initially buried in a tomb in the Royal Wadi east of Akhetaten. The order to construct the tomb and to bury the pharaoh there was commemorated on one of the boundary stela delineating the capital's borders: "Let a tomb be made for me in the eastern mountain [of Akhetaten].
The boundary stelae of Akhenaten were carved in locations around the city of Akhetaten that was built by the pharaoh Akhenaten to his god Aten. Their purpose is to demarcate the boundaries of the holy site of Aten, but also to inform people about the intentions of the pharaoh and the nature of the site as a holy place for Aten.
The Colossal Statues of Akhenaten at East Karnak depict the 18th Dynasty pharaoh, Akhenaten (also known as Amenophis IV or Amenhotep IV), in a distorted representation of the human form. The statues are believed to be from early in his reign, which lasted arguably from either 1353 to 1336 BCE or 1351 to 1334 BCE.