TT 320 (DB 320) Tomb of more than 50 mummies
Tombs of Ancient Egypt
Location	Valley of nobles
Contact	25 44 '00 "North 32 36 '00 "East / 25.7333, 32.6
Discovery	1881
Excavated by	mile Brugsch
Standings
Theban tomb	- TT320 +
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The Theban tomb TT 320 (also known as the DB320) is situated at Deir el-Bahari in the necropolis of Thebes on the west bank of the Nile , opposite Luxor in Egypt.

This is the cache of more than fifty mummies.

Summary 1 Use of the grave 2 Discovery 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External Links

Usage of the grave

The tomb was originally scheduled as the last remains of the first prophet of Amun Pinudjem II , his wife Neskhons and several other members of his family. Pinudjem II dies to -969 at the decline of the kingdom. At that time, the mummies of previous dynasties are vulnerable to theft and transported in this tomb to protect the remains of these royal personages.

List of mummies found in the tomb
Ahhotep I. Ahmose Nefertari- Ahmose-Hnoutemipet Ahmose-Hnouttamehou Ahmose-Inhapy Ahmose-Meritamun Ahmose-Sipair Ahmose-Sitamun Ahmose-Satkamos Amenhotep I Ahmose I. Bakt Djedptahioufnkh Douathathor-Henuttawy Funerary remains of Hatshepsut Isetemkheb IV Hatshepsut Masaharta Mrymos Nebseni	Ouepmos Wepwawet-Mose Paheripedjet Pdiamon Pinudjem I. Pinudjem II Rai Ramses I Ramses II Ramses III Ramesses IX Seniou Sqnenr Tao II Seti I. Siamon Sies Soutymos Tayuheret Tetisheri Thutmose I. Thutmose II Thutmose III and eight other unidentified mummies.

Discovery

The tomb was discovered by a local family, the Abd el-Rasul, who used the mummies of valuables such as stock they sold on the antiquities market. This was the reason for a government investigation to trace the source of these objects.

The tomb was inspected in emergencies (48 hours after its official discovery in 1881) by Emile Brugsch , with orders to ensure that no other antiquity is sold, then it was walled in by rocks until his reopening in 1938. Since 1998 a team led by Germany and Russia Erhart Graefe is working to preserve .

Notes

See also

• KV35 , hidden in the tomb of Amenhotep II

External Links

• (In) of the Royal Mummies Cache - TT320
• (With) Plan of the tomb from recent re-exploration
• (En) William Max Miller's Theban Royal Mummy Project