Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut | KV60 in Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt – Egyptian Tombs
Facts and history of the construction of Egyptian tombs in the ancient Egyptian civilization, the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in The New Kingdom in ancient Egypt, more about the history of the Pharaonic civilization “Ancient Egypt History” and the design of the tomb, visiting hours, entrance ticket prices…
Queen Hatshepsut is one of the kings who was buried in a tomb and then moved to another tomb. The first tomb in which the queen was buried is the Tomb of King Thutmose I + Queen Hatshepsut | KV20, and its owner was King Thutmose I “Egyptian Pharaohs kings” and Queen Hatshepsut “Female Pharaohs“, while she was then moved to tomb 60. Learn information about each of them..
Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut Facts
It was discovered that the Pharaonic architect Senenmut built and carved the burial chamber of Queen Hatshepsut, the most famous, on the same axis as the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in the Deir El Bahari area, in a unique engineering style, indicating the development of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt and the art of Architecture in ancient Egypt.
You will find it difficult to descend through a 220-meter-long underground passage that ends at the entrance to the royal tomb..
Hatshepsut was the queen who ruled Egypt in ancient Egypt “Ancient Egyptian Government” from 1479 to 1458 BC..
She married King Thutmose II and gave birth to Princess Neferure. Her father was Thutmose I and her mother was Ahmose..
The queen was first buried in the tomb of her father, Thutmose I, which is known worldwide as the Valley of the Kings in Egypt..
It is said that this tomb was initially the burial place of King Thutmose I, but it was later used by Hatshepsut..
Hatshepsut expanded the tomb to provide shelter for herself next to her father..
The tomb of Queen Hatshepsut was discovered during the French campaign led by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799 AD, where Egyptology in the campaign confirmed that the tomb existed until it was recorded in their records..
The tomb was later discovered and studied by the English archaeologist Howard Carter “Howard Carter House“, the most famous Egyptologists and discoverer of the Tomb of Tutankhamun | KV62, which contains the Mummy of King Tutankhamun, in 1903 AD..
The 20th tomb comes in a length of 210 meters in a clockwise direction..
The pharaonic Ancient Egyptian Coffins of Queen Hatshepsut was found made of yellow quartzite, the most famous Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy, but it was empty.
It is now displayed in The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square “Museums in Cairo”“.
Cemetery 60
The tomb of Queen Hatshepsut is also located in the Valley of the Kings area but in the eastern valley of the valley..
It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903..
This tomb was a bit confusing to some, as there was no agreement at first on the identity of the mummy that was found there..
Some believe that this female mummy is Queen Hatshepsut, and this is the opinion of archaeologist Dr. Elizabeth Thomas..
When the tomb was discovered, archaeologist Carter found that it had been robbed by Ancient Egyptian Grave Robbers during periods of chaos and the spread of Revolutions in Ancient Egypt, and even desecrated in the ancient era..
However, there were two mummies present alongside damaged artifacts..
The tomb of Queen Hatshepsut was reopened in 1906 AD again by the archaeologist Edward Atton..
Edward removed the mummy and the coffin and then transferred them to the Egyptian Museum..
An inscription was found on a coffin bearing the name of the royal family’s private nurse..
Here she was identified as Queen Hatshepsut’s private nurse..
The location of the tomb was later forgotten because its location was not recorded by the discoverers..
History of Cemetery 60
Elizabeth Thomas then predicted that the second mummy was Queen Hatshepsut, the most famous queen of Pharaonic Egypt, and that the one who placed her here was Pharaoh King Thutmose III, the most famous of the Pharaohs, who held a grudge against her..
In 1990 the tomb was rediscovered and studied by the team of Donald Ryan and Mark.
The team concluded that the second mummy belonged to a relatively elderly woman and that her left arm was in a bent position..
This is the position that the mummification workers of the ancient Egyptians used for kings “Mummification in ancient Egypt“. Pottery vessels bearing the name of Queen Hatshepsut were found inside the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, indicating the development of Medicine in ancient Egypt.
Another piece of evidence that proved that this mummy was Hatshepsut was the presence of a wooden face with a fake beard, despite the absence of any males in the tomb..
Queen Hatshepsut was known to have worn a fake beard, so it was inferred that she had been moved to that tomb..
Hatshepsut’s mummy discovered
The tomb was opened again in 2007 and the second mummy was removed for testing..
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, found conclusive evidence that the mummy is Queen Hatshepsut..
The evidence is a CT scan which showed a missing molar from the mummy’s lower jaw..
A canopic box bearing the name of Queen Hatshepsut was found inside the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, and inside it was the missing molar..
The evidence presented by Dr Zahi Hawass that there was a strong similarity between the missing molar and the molar that was found was questioned when the size of the molar and the root were compared..
Egyptologist Dylan Bickerstaff has questioned Zahi Hawass’s view and said the evidence should be DNA..
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