![]() ![]() ![]() In using TMP Material in any way the user agrees to limit his/her use to fair use that does not violate ARCE’s rights. The saving, copying or printing of TMP Material is prohibited except for the purposes of fair use, which includes the use of TMP Material for private information, research or study. The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) owns the copyright to the Theban Mapping Project (TMP) including (i) the artwork and design of the website (TMP Website) and (ii) all electronic text and image files, audio and video clips on the TMP Website (TMP Material) excluding material which is owned by other individuals as indicated. After the final restoration of the burial, perhaps under Horemheb, the location of the tomb was lost as the debris from subsequent tomb construction filled the floor of the center of the Valley. The looters appear to have penetrated past chamber I into side chamber Ia, chamber J and side chamber Ja, but did not breach the sealed doors of the shrines surrounding the Sarcophagus. Other evidence of theft, besides the disturbed appearance of the objects in chamber I and side chamber Ia, includes inventory dockets on various containers that list artifacts not found when the tomb was discovered. KV 62 was robbed at least twice in antiquity, judging from three different sets of seals on the doorways signifying three different closures of the tomb. When it was taken over for the burial of Tutankhamen, still unfinished, a burial chamber with side chamber was cut into the right (north) end of the first chamber. KV 62 may have been constructed for an important official or member of the royal family, probably in the latter half of Dynasty 18. The most recent discussion of the idea may be found in Reeves (2020). This idea has generated considerable international interest, but no definite answer has been forthcoming since its proposed entrance has not yet been opened. Recently, Nicholas Reeves has suggested that Nefertiti is buried in a still-unopened chamber behind the burial chamber of KV 62. According to this theory, Ay later took the West Valley tomb (KV 23) after succeeding Tutankhamen to the throne. It may have been decided to bury Tutankhamen in the main Valley in a tomb originally intended for Ay when he was still a God's Father, near the Amarna cache (KV 55). Some have theorized that when Tutankhamen died suddenly at an early age, a tomb that was originally planned for him in the West Valley (KV 23 or KV 25) was not ready. The burial chamber J is decorated with scenes from the Opening of the Mouth ritual, Imydwat, Book of the Dead, and representations of the king with various deities. The walls of the tomb were smoother but, except for burial chamber J, were left undecorated. Howard Carter believed that the four chambers of KV 62, although small, relate directly to lower parts of more traditional royal tomb plans. Another side chamber (Ja), is located off the right (east) wall of the burial chamber J. The burial chamber J opens off the right (north) end of chamber I with its floor level one meter lower. The tomb was forgotten and a group of Rameside workmen's huts were built over it later in antiquity.Ī descending corridor (B) leads to a rectangular chamber (I) with a side chamber (Ia). Even before the construction of KV 9, debris had already been dumped on top of the KV 62 entrance. The entryway A is cut into the floor of the valley below the beginning of the entry Ramp of KV 9, the tomb of Rameses VI. KV 62, located in the main Wadi, is the most famous tomb in the world because of the treasures it held intact for over three thousand years. ![]()
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