Tomb of Ay

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The Pharaonic Tomb of King Ayi – The history of the construction of the tomb of the King and Minister Kheper Kheperu Ra Ayi in the Valley of the Kings Luxor Ancient Egypt.

History Of Egyptian and facts about the most important tombs in the West Valley or the Baboons Valley s of the Pharaonic Dynasty 18 and the inscriptions on the walls and the plan of the interior design of the tomb and what are the prices of the entrance tickets and the dates of visit and more to start your tourist Luxor Tours & Things to Do in Egypt.

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Who is the discoverer of the Tomb of Ay?

The Tomb of Ay was discovered in 1816 AD by the Italian archaeologist Giovanni Batista Belzoni.

Where is the Tomb of Ay?

The Tomb of Ay is in the West Valley of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, in southern Egypt.

Facts about Tomb of Ay:

Tomb of Ay number = WV23.
The Tomb of the Minister and King Ay is the only royal tomb accessible to visitors in the West Valley of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
The tomb is 60 meters long.
Tomb number 23 was discovered to be a tomb stolen by King Ay, where it has the same plan of the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.
There are some theories that the tomb was dedicated to the burial of King Tutankhamun mummy, but the minister usurped and seized it and changed the inscriptions and cartouches with his full name.
The tomb was vandalized in the time of King Horemheb “Egyptian Pharaohs kings“, where as soon as he took power in Egypt, King Horemheb vandalized all the tombs and temples of the nobles during the reign of King Akhenaton.
The West Valley is also named the Baboons Valley after discovering the inscriptions in the burial chamber of King Ay.
The king’s coffin was found broken, restored, and exhibited at the Egyptian Museum “Museums of Egypt” in Cairo.
The king’s mummy has not been found, which was allegedly stolen by tomb robbers.
The tomb is unfinished and contains 7 long corridors.
Copper and gilded discs, a wooden statue of the king, broken ceramic pieces, boxes and pharaonic altars were found.

Mapping of the interior design of Tomb of Ay:

The design of the tomb begins with a long path down to a room containing a shaft, then another corridor to the burial chamber containing the coffin and mummy of the king.

The architectural design of the tomb contains two corridors then rolled down, the second corridor reaches an antechamber and then the burial chamber.

Funerary inscriptions in the Tomb of Ay:

It has been discovered that the inscriptions and drawings on the walls of the tomb are 100% identical to that is on the walls of Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.
The walls of the corridor do not contain inscriptions or pharaonic drawings.
The burial chamber contains inscriptions and drawings of the scenes of the king, that is, during a hippopotamus hunting trip, as well as inscriptions from the Book of the Dead and the Book of Gates.
You will see on the northwest wall a scene depicting the king collecting fruits and nuts in the presence of the God Osiris.
An inscription on the northeast wall of 12 baboons that represent the first hours of the night during his sacred journey accompanied by the god Atum in the netherworld.
There is a distinctive inscription above the entrance to the burial chamber of the Sons of Horus, as well as a group of Egyptian gods and ancient religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians.
There was an inscription of King Ay with his wife on the walls but it was completely vandalized.
The king reigned over the throne of ancient Egypt at the age of at least 60.
The king’s death was natural without disease or assassination.

About King Ay:

Date of birth: 14th century BC.

Burial place: Tomb number WV 23 in the Valley of the Kings of Luxor.

Wife:

Queen Tyi

Queen Ankh Es in Amun

Son:

Mut Nedjmet
Nefertiti

Father: Yuya

Mother: Thuya.

King Kheper Kheperu Ra Ayi is considered number 13 in the order of kings of the 18th Pharaonic dynasty.
His reign on the throne of ancient Egypt was only 4 years from 1327 to 1323 BC. J.-C.
The king is considered the son of Yuya, the father of Queen Tyi, wife of King Amenophis III.
King Ayi served as a minister for a long time during the reign of King Tutankhamun.
After the death of King Tutankhamun, the minister declared himself pharaoh in Egypt because he was a member in the royal family.
The minister played no leading role in helping King Tutankhamun re-worship the ancient Egyptian gods after King Akhenaten united the worship of the Egyptian gods.
The minister had an obvious influence in helping King Tutankhamun at the beginning of his reign, when the young King Tutankhamun was 9 years old.
The minister married one of the “widows of King Tutankhamun” Queen Ankh Es En Amun.
There are theories, but they are not confirmed, that Minister Ayi killed King Tutankhamun, then seized the throne of ancient Egypt, then married Queen Ankh Es En Amun, and prevented her from remarrying the son of the King of the Hittites after he was killed and prevented from entering the borders of ancient Egypt.
The minister held an important position in the government of King Akhenaten and bore the pharaonic title of the “Divine Father”.

The address:

The West Valley, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt

Dates of visit of The Tomb of King Ayi:

Sunday: 09h00 to 17h00

Monday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Tuesday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Wednesday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Thursday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Friday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Saturday: 9:00 to 17:00

Ticket prices for The Tomb of Ay:

The ticket price of a foreign tourist = 60 Egyptian pounds.

The ticket price of a foreign student = 30 Egyptian pounds.

The price of an Egyptian ticket = 10 Egyptian pounds.

The price of an Egyptian student’s ticket = 5 Egyptian pounds.

Author & Writer The Tomb of King Ayi: Tamer Ahmed Abd elfatah Yousif

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