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The iconic Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the best-known examples of a shaft and chamber tomb Cross-section diagram of the ancient Egyptian shaft and chamber tomb inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. A shaft and chamber tomb is a type of chamber tomb used by some ancient peoples for burial of the dead. They consist of a shaft dug into the ...
Tomb KV58, also known as the "Chariot Tomb", is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in January 1909 by Harold Jones , excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis . [ 1 ] The circumstances of the discovery and specifics of the excavation were only given a passing mention in Davis' account, [ 2 ] who attributes the ...
The tomb was reinvestigated in 1998 and systematically re-excavated between 1999 and 2002 by the Amarna Royal Tombs Project (ARTP), led by Nicholas Reeves. In the years since the initial excavation, the tomb had partially refilled with debris including photographic plates and plastic water bottles. In the centre of the chamber stood a pile of ...
KV31 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.Only the top of the shaft was known prior to excavation by the University of Basel Kings' Valley Project in 2010, and no earlier excavations are known, although it is suggested that the stone sarcophagus excavated by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817 may have originated from this tomb.
The tomb consists of a chamber, accessed by a shaft and with three side rooms. Although the remains of several mummies has been noted nothing is known about its possible owner(s). Ceramics datable to the reigns of Thutmose IV or Amenhotep III , the proximity of other tombs of the same period and architectural typology indicate a date in the ...
The tomb of Maiherpri is a small shaft tomb with a chamber at the bottom on its west side. [10] The burial chamber was undecorated, as with all burial chambers of non-royals in the Valley of the Kings. It is 3.90 m (12.8 ft) long and 4.10 m (13.5 ft) wide [23] with an area of 15.30 m 2 (164.7 sq ft). [11]
The Riedlingen chamber grave—likely completed around around 585 B.C.—has a completely preserved ceiling, walls, and floor all made of solid oak, and was tucked away about 27 inches below the ...
KV63 is a chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis. Initially believed to be a royal tomb, it is now believed to have been a storage chamber for the mummification process. [1] It was found in 2005 by a team of archaeologists led by Otto Schaden. The chamber contained seven wooden coffins and many large storage jars.