Tomb of Queen Twosret + King Setnakhte | KV14 in Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt – Egyptian Tombs
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It is the most beautiful tomb in the Valley of the Kings area. It dates back to Queen Twosret “Female Pharaohs“, the wife of King Seti II, the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt in The New Kingdom of Egypt, and King Setnakht of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty in the The Ramesside Period, and Toset, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
Two Ancient Egyptian Coffins were found in addition to a large group of inscriptions on the walls. Learn more about this tomb below.
Tomb of Queen Twosret facts
Queen Twosret is the most famous queen of Pharaonic Egypt from the Twenty-Ninth Dynasty. She ruled Egypt from 1191 to 1190 BC..
Also, Setnakht was a member of the twentieth dynasty and ruled ancient Egypt “Ancient Egyptian Government” from 1190 to 1186 BC..
The tomb of Queen Twosret is 158.41 metres long and is known as the tomb of Queen Twosret. It is considered a joint tomb..
The tomb has been discovered since ancient times, but it was studied and its features discovered by the Egyptologists and archaeologist Hartwig Altenmüller..
The tomb was expanded and reused by King Setnakht, demonstrating the development of Architecture in ancient Egypt and the craft of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt.
The tomb was studied by the German scholar Hartwig Altenmüller, who came with a delegation from the University of Hamburg and studied the tomb between 1983 and 1987 BC..
Tomb of Twosret from the inside
The tomb of Queen Twosret comes from the inside consisting of two burial chambers, which is evidence of the existence of expansion operations carried out in the tomb by King Setnakht..
With the expansions, the tomb was considered one of the largest tombs in the Valley of the Kings..
King Setnakht tried to erase any evidence or traces of Queen Twosret from the walls of the tomb..
He even tried to mislead the inscriptions to fit the name of King Setnakht..
The cemetery still retains its bright colors..
The tomb of Queen Twosret comes with a set of inscriptions on the walls of the front chamber which come from The Book of the Dead.
Inscriptions
Among the inscriptions also found in the tomb are inscriptions during the worship of the sun, the symbol of the God Ra, at sunset, and Twosret presenting a group of offerings and food in ancient Egypt to Egyptian deities – Ancient Egyptian gods and Goddesses, as in the beliefs and Ancient Egyptian religion.
There are also inscriptions representing the opening of the mouth ritual on the statue of the queen, in addition to a depiction of Queen Twosret being sweetened by a group of gods..
Texts of the Book of the Hereafter are also found on the walls of the tomb..
There is another chamber in the tomb of Queen Twosret that contains stages from the Book of Gates and also the Book of the Dead “Book of Amduat“, which are funerary books that explain the deceased’s journey to the afterlife, as in the legends of the pharaohs “Egyptian Mythology“.
There are also stars painted on the ceiling of one of the tomb’s rooms..
The pharaonic coffin of King Setnakht was found, in addition to another coffin of Queen Twosret..
As for the king’s coffin, a group of engravings were engraved on it that decorated it..
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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