- KV57
EgyptianRoyalTombDetail
Name = KV57
Location = East Valley of the Kings
Date =22 February 1908
Owner =Horemheb
Excavated =Edward R. Ayrton
Prev=KV56
Next=KV58 Tomb KV57, located in the
Valley of the Kings inEgypt , was used for the burial ofHoremheb , the lastPharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty.The tomb was located by Edward Ayrton in February 1908, who was working for
Theodore Davis . Due to its location in the valley floor, the tomb was filled with debris that had been washed down in the occasional flash-flooding.The tomb is markedly different from the other major Eighteenth dynasty royal tombs. It does away with the dog-legged construction, and has painted
bas-relief s, rather than simple painted walls. Passages from the "Book of Gates " appear for the first time. The decoration was not completed, even though the king ruled for over twenty years.The
sarcophagus of the king was constructed from carved, redquartzite , and was found with its lid broken. In it were contained bones and remains from several burials, none of them conclusively from Horemheb.References
*Davis, Theodore M. "The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatânkhamanou". London: Duckworth Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7156-3072-5
*Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
*Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.External links
* [http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_871.html Theban Mapping Project: KV57] - Includes detailed maps of the tomb.
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