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The mummy of Amenhotep III during unwrapping. Amenhotep was buried in tomb WV22 in the Western Valley of the Valley of the Kings outside of Thebes. The tomb is the largest in the West Valley of the Kings and includes two side chambers for his Great Royal Wives, Tiye and Sitamun.
Tomb WV22, also known as KV22, was the burial place of Amenhotep III, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, in the western arm of the Valley of the Kings.The tomb is unique in that it has two subsidiary burial chambers for the pharaoh's wives Tiye and Sitamen (who was also his daughter).
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, also known as Kom el-Hettân, was built by the main architect Amenhotep, son of Hapu, for Pharaoh Amenhotep III during the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom. [1] The mortuary temple is located on the Western bank of the Nile river, across from the eastern bank city of Luxor.
This tomb may have been started as the Theban burial of Akhenaten, but it was never finished. KV65: 18th Dynasty 2018 Unknown An unfinished tomb entrance, discovered in 2018 [18] WVA: 18th Dynasty 1845 Storage This was a storage chamber for Amenhotep III's tomb which is located nearby.
Several other rulers of this dynasty built temples for the same purpose, the best known being those at Deir el-Bahari, where Hatshepsut built beside the funerary temple of Mentuhotep II, [4] and that of Amenhotep III, of which the only major extant remains are the Colossi of Memnon. The mortuary temple of Hatshesput was built around 1490 B.C.
Amenhotep III died in Year 38 or Year 39 of his reign (1353 BC/1350 BC) and was buried in the Valley of the Kings in WV22; however, Tiye is known to have outlived him by as many as twelve years. Tiye continued to be mentioned in the Amarna letters and in inscriptions as queen and beloved of the king.
The tomb is located 60 metres (200 ft) south of the tomb of Amenhotep III, dug into the base of the cliffs. [1] It was discovered by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1845. He notes in his publication that the tomb entrance was buried 10 feet (3.0 m) below ground level and contained "some earthenware vases... which contained the name of a king hitherto unknown."
Although non-royals, their daughter Tiye became the chief wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. [2] They were buried in a private-style tomb in the Valley of the Kings. [3] Their tomb was robbed in antiquity, most probably three times: a first time shortly after the closure of the tomb, and then twice during the construction of the adjacent tombs KV3 ...