Cache at Deir el-Bahari - DB-320
The
credit for sensational discovery of the tomb in 1881 goes to an Arabian
family Abd el-Rasul and
Gaston Maspero. That the Royal Cache was empted by
Emile Brugsch and
Gaston Maspero in only two days,
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depth of shaft (A):
l=13 m corridor (B-E): l=7.40 m ; w=1.68 m ; h=max 3.92 m corridor (G): l=23.80 m ; w= 1.40 m (originally ) ; h=1.80 (without filling) staircase: l=7.20 (horizontally) ; h=6.40 (at its end) |
corridor (I): l=30.6 m ; w=1.40 chamber (J): h=1.72 m ; inner surface=c.6.80x4.40 m (very irregular with banks on three sides) ; outer surface=8.40 x 5.20 m niche (H): l=3.00 m (under ceiling) ; w=1.80 (and less) ; h=0.70 m (third step) |
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Circumstances
thereof are well known and described in detail in many publications.
Therefore I presented only a short register of mummies found there: A -
Mummy B -
Mummy C -
Nested inner and outer
coffins of Duathathor-Henuttaui, wife of Pinudjem I,
daughter of Ramesses XI (XX Dynasty),
containing her mummy D
- Coffin of
Seti I (XIX Dynasty),
containing his mummy E - Shabti boxes, canopic jars and bronze libation vessels, in part belonging to Duathathor-Henuttawi F - Leather canopy of Isiemkheb, daughter of the HighPriest Menkheperre G - Ranged down the corridor:
H -
J -
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