The Tomb of Siphtah With the Tomb of Queen Tiyi: The Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb/the Discovery of the Tombs/King Siphtah and Queen Tauosrit/the Excavations of 1905-1907/Catalogue of the Objects dis - Brossura

Davis, Theodore M.; Maspero, Gaston; Ayrton, Edward; Daressy, George

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ISBN 10: 0715630733 ISBN 13: 9780715630730

Casa editrice: Bristol Classical Pr, 2001

Riassunto

On January 6, 1907 a mysterious tomb was uncovered in the Valley of the Kings by English archaeologist Edward R. Ayrton, digging on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. Initially identified as the burial of Amenophis III's queen, Tiye (Tîyi), on the basis of a spectacular gilded shrine which formed part of the burial equipment, the body itself was later recognized as that of a man buried in a coffin adapted for the use of an Amarna-period pharaoh. Was this the mummy of Akhenaten himself, as some at the time believed? Or the body of Akhenaten's mysterious co-regent, Smenkhkare?
Almost a century later, Tomb 55 (as it is now generally known) continues to baffle archaeologist and Egyptologist alike.The Tomb of Queen Tîyi, which first appeared in 1910, was Davis's official account of the enigmatic Tomb 55 discovery, and remains a crucial source both for the Amarna period and for Valley of the Kings studies generally. It is here republished with Davis's equally fundamental The Tomb of Siphtah, which details the excavator's discoveries of 1905-7 - amongst them the extraordinary 'animal tombs' and the 'Gold Tomb', one of the greatest caches of 19th Dynasty jewellry ever found.

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Theodore M. Davis (1837-1915) was a wealthy American financier and lawyer and one of the key figures in the history of archaeological exploration in the Valley of the Kings. He had the reputation of uncovering a new tomb every season, and his finds now fill a gallery in the Cairo Museum.

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Book by Davis Theodore M

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• Editore: Bristol Classical Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0715630733
• ISBN 13: 9780715630730
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Disegnatore: Jones E. Harold