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AMENEMHAT TT 82
The exceptional character of this monument resides in the contrast between an amazingly archaic artistic style for the time and a very learned elaborate religious iconography. It is also one of the best sources from the New Kingdom for the representation of musicians. |
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BENIA TT 343
Better known as Pahekamen, the tomb of this overseer of construction works dates from the 18th Dynasty. It uses the classical inverted "T"-shape and is decorated throughout. |
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TT 295
This small tomb kept its beautiful colours and notably a remarkable ceiling. |
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KHERUEF TT 192
In spite of the degradation of tomb 192, it remains the one of the most important burials on a religious and historic level of the Theban necropolis and the largest private tomb of the XVIIIth Dynasty.
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KYKY
(aka. SAMUT) TT 409
Kyky had important economic responsibilities in Amun's domain at Karnak, notably in the management of livestock. Literate and well versed in religious literature, his devotion for the goddess Mut made him write very beautiful hymns in her honour on the walls of his vault. |
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MENNA TT 69
The small tomb of Menna is decorated with extremely neat scenes, make by a master draftsman. It provides an irreplaceable directory of scenes of everyday life and of funerary customs for all the publications on Egyptian art. |
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NAKHT TT 52
The tomb of Nakht, although very small in size, includes some of the most beautiful paintings of the Theban tombs. Their freshness of colour remains astounding. |
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NEFERENPET (aka. KENRO) TT 178
His tomb has an unusual feature is that the decoration has been entirely finished, and the statues rough-hewn out of the living limestone have been carefully remodelled in stucco and then painted and ornamented. |
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NEFERSEKHERU TT 296
This tomb is probably that of the successor to Neferrenpet (TT178) and is located in the same courtyard. The artwork was almost certainly produced by the same workshop. Again, the decoration of its main chamber was fully completed. |
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RAMOSE TT 55
Ramose was a vizier at first under the administration of Amenhotep III then his son Amenhotep IV before he became Akhenaton. His tomb gives a good account of this dualism. It engravings are among the finest of all Egyptian art.
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ROY TT 255
The tomb of Roy, which has just recently been reopened to the public, is a little marvel and could represent for the tombs of the noble what that of Nefertari represents for the sovereigns, so much quality and the freshness of its decorations are exceptional. |
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SENNEFER TT 96
The tomb of Sennefer is justifiably famous for its ceiling and the quality of its reliefs, as also its state of conservation. The craftsmen exploited the irregularity of that it to decorate it with vines, from where the monument gets its name "Tomb to the vines". |
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SHUROY TT 13
The tomb of Shuroy forms part, with that of Roy, of the two tombs restored and opened since 2002 in Dra Abou el Naga. It is unfinished, with only few texts. The restoration is however of a beautiful quality and the freshness of the colours is astonishing. |
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USERHAT TT 56
The tomb of a soldier, close to king Amenhotep II, his career was brilliant. The paintings of the central part of the wall south of his tomb give a unusual detailed insight into the life of soldiers whom Userhat commanded. |
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TT29 and TT96
from the ULB site
The Theban Tombs (chapels) of Amenemope TT29 and Sennefer TT96.
Translated with the kind permission of the ULB site (Prof. Laurent Bavay) |
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NEFERMENU TT365
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