KV47
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| KV47 | ||
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| Burial site of Siptah | ||
| Location | East Valley of the Kings | |
| Discovery Date | 18 December 1905 | |
| Excavated by | Edward R. Ayrton (1905 – 1907) Harry Burton (1912 – 1913) Howard Carter (1922) MISR Project: Mission Siptah-Ramses X (1999 – current) |
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Tomb KV47, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Siptah of the Nineteenth Dynasty, though Siptah's mummy was found in KV35. KV47 was discovered on December 18, 1905 by Edward R. Ayrton. Theodore M. Davis, Ayrton's sponsor, published an account of the site's discovery and excavation in 1908.
Ayrton stopped his excavation in 1907 due to safety fears, and Harry Burton returned in 1912 to dig further.
[edit] Image gallery
 Shabtis from the tomb of the pharaoh Siptah, from KV47, now residing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
[edit] References
- Davis, Theodore M. The Tomb of Siphtah: With the Tomb of Queen Tîyi. London: Duckworth Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7156-3073-3
[edit] External links
- Theban Mapping Project - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.
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