DB320 2113416 220709782 2008-06-21T05:06:34Z Leoboudv 640776 /* Usage of tomb */ '''Tomb DB320''' (now usually referred to as '''TT320''') is located next to [[Deir el-Bahri]], in the [[Theban Necropolis]], opposite modern [[Luxor]] contained an extraordinary cache of mummified remains and funeral equipment of more than 50 kings, queens, royals and various nobility. ==Usage of tomb== The tomb is thought to have initially been the last resting place of [[High Priests of Amun at Thebes|High Priest of Amun]] [[Pinedjem II]], his wife [[Nesikhons]] and other close family members. Pinudjem II died around [[969 BC]] in a time of decline of the Egyptian kingdom. In this time the mummies from former dynasties were vulnerable to grave robbery and were moved here to protect the remains of these royal personages. The list of mummies in the tomb is as follows; {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} *[[Ahhotep I]] *[[Ahmose-Henutemipet]] *[[Ahmose-Henuttamehu]] *[[Ahmose-Inhapi]] *[[Ahmose-Meritamon (17th dynasty)|Ahmose-Meritamon]] *[[Ahmose-Nefertari]] *[[Ahmose-Sipair]] *[[Ahmose-Sitamun]] *[[Ahmose-Sitkamose]] *[[Amenhotep I]] *[[Ahmose I]] *Bakt *[[Djedptahiufankh]] *[[Duathathor-Henuttawy]] *Funerary remains of [[Hatshepsut]] *[[Isetemkheb (wife of Pinudjem II)|Isetemkheb]] {{col-break}} *[[Maatkare-Mutemhat]] *[[Masaharta]] *Merymose *Nebseni <!-- father of Tentamun, possible wife of Ramesses XI --> *[[Nesikhons]] *[[Nesitanebetashru]] *[[Nodjmet]] <!-- wife of Herihor --> *Paheripedjet *Pediamun *[[Pinedjem I]] *[[Pinedjem II]] *Rai *[[Ramesses I]] *[[Ramesses II]] *[[Ramesses III]] *[[Ramesses IX]] {{col-break}} *Seniu *[[Seqenenre Tao II]] *[[Seti I]] *[[Siamun (son of Ahmose I)|Siamun]] *Siese *Sutymose *Tayuheret <!-- possible wife of Masaharta --> *[[Tetisheri]] *[[Thutmose I]] *[[Thutmose II]] *[[Thutmose III]] *Wepmose *Wepwawet-mose *plus 8 other unidentified mummies (one of them known as "Unknown-Man E", which has been studied by Bob Brier, who thinks the mummy in question, might be Pentewere, one of the sons of Ramses III). {{col-end}} ==Discovery and clearance== [[Image:DB320 Tomb.jpg|thumb|200px|right|TT320 Cache Tomb Shaft]] Initially the discovery of the tomb was concealed and a local family, the Abd el-Rasuls, used the mummies as a store of precious articles that were then sold on the antiquities market. This caused the local authorities to investigate and locate the source of these items. It was cleared in a hurry (with 48 hours of its official discovery in 1881) by [[Émile Brugsch]], in order to ensure no more antiquities were sold. The chamber is reached by a nearly vertical chimney, which was left open in 1881, and has since filled with rocks and other debris (in fact every object that was left in the tomb has now been damaged in some way). It was reinvestigated in 1938. Since 1998 a Russian-German team lead by [[Erhart Graefe]] has been working on reinvestigating and preserving the tomb.<ref>[http://www.cesras.ru/eng/arch/tt320/rep.htm ARCHAEOLOGY. TT320. Mission 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== *[[KV35]] &ndash; Mummy cache in tomb of [[Amenhotep II]] *''[[The Night of Counting the Years]]'' &ndash; A 1969 Egyptian film based on the story of the Abd el-Rasuls ==External links== *[http://www.tt320.org/ CACHETTE of the Royal Mummies - TT320] *[http://www.cesras.ru/eng/arch/tt320/plan.htm Plan of the tomb from recent re-exploration] *[http://anubis4_2000.tripod.com/mummypages1/introduction.htm/ William Max Miller's Theban Royal Mummy Project] {{DEFAULTSORT:TT320}} [[Category:10th century BC architecture]] [[Category:Theban Tombs]] {{Ancient-Egypt-stub}} [[es:DB320]] [[fr:TT320]] [[hu:Dejr el-Bahari-i rejtekhely]] [[nl:DB320]] [[pl:Skrytka DB-320]]