KV55 - KV55 Tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings is arguably one of the most talked about tombs of the entire valley, perhaps due to its clear connections with the reign of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. When the tomb was discovered, in 1907, it was found to have been ransacked and desecrated. The shrine for enclosing a coffin had been dismantled and pieces scattered everywhere. Names had been erased, but not everywhere... some traces remained, and those have served to complicate the problem even more. In fact, there are traces of the names of Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Tiy, Sitamun (a daughter and wife of Amenhotep III) and the enigmatic Kiya (who is believed by some to have replaced Nefertiti late in Akhenaten's reign). The shrine appears.
Kiya - that she herself was not of royal Egyptian blood. Her full titles read, The wife and greatly beloved of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Living in Truth, Lord of the Two Lands, Neferkherperrure Waenre, the Goodly Child of the Living Aten, who shall be living for ever and ever, Kiya. Several items of Kiya's funerary equipment have been discovered, such as the gilded coffin found in tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings, along with a set of (unfortunately, recarved) canopic jars. There is considerable evidence to indicate that a temple was built specifically for her in Amarna, the Maru-Aten, also known as the "sun shade temple" (though the temple was later usurped for one of Akhenaton's daughters, Meritaten, who replaced Kiya as queen). There is speculation that.
Burials in the Valley of the Kings - KV17 - Seti I KV18 - Ramses X KV19 - Mentuherkhepshef KV20 - Hatshepsut/Thutmose I KV34 - Thutmose III KV35 - Amenhotep II (later served as a mummy cache - see below) KV36 - Maiherpri KV38 - Thutmose I KV39 - Amenhotep I ? KV42 - Hatshepsut-Meryetre KV43 - Thutmose IV KV45 - Userhet KV46 - Yuya and Tjuyu (parents of Tiy) KV47 - Siptah KV48 - Amenemopet KV50 - animals, possibly pets of Amenhotep II KV51 - animals KV52 - animals KV54 - Tutankhamun embalming cache KV55 - Tiy and Smenkhkare/Akhenaten cache KV57 - Horemheb KV60 - Sitre In KV62 - Tutankhamun KVB-KVT - pits, some of which may have been intended as tombs, others were probably furerary deposits. West Valley WV22 - Amenhotep III WV23 - Ay WV25 -.
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