Amenhetep III

Local nameأمنحوتيب الثالث
LocationLuxor, Egypt

Tomb WV22, in the Western arm of the Valley of the Kings, was used as the resting place of one of the rulers of Egypt's New Kingdom, Amenhotep III. The tomb is unique in that it has two subsidiary burial chambers for the pharaoh's wives Tiye and Sitamen.

The tomb's layout and decoration follow the tombs of the king's predecessors, Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV; however, the decoration is much finer in quality.

It was officially discovered by Prosper Jollois and Édouard de Villiers du Terrage, engineers with Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in August 1799, but had probably been open for some time before that. Subsequently, someone removed images of the pharaoh's head in several places, which can be seen today in the Louvre.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WV22

Address Egypt

Coordinates 25°44'36.504" N 32°35'50.856" E

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