KV17

KV17

EgyptianRoyalTombDetail
Name = KV17
Location = East Valley of the Kings
Date = 16 October 1817
Owner = Seti I
Excavated = Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Howard Carter
Prev=KV16
Next=KV18

Tomb KV17, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and also known by the names "Belzoni's tomb", "the Tomb of Apis", and "the Tomb of Psammis, son of Nechois", is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is one of the best decorated tombs in the valley, but now is almost always closed to the public due to damage. It was first discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni [ [http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/05/the_tomb_of_seti_i.html travellersinegypt.org The Tomb of Seti I] ] on 16 October 1817.

The longest tomb in the valley, at 136 metres [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Pharaoh Seti I's Tomb Bigger Than Thought | date= | publisher= | url =http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080417-seti-tomb.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-19 | language = ] , it contains very well preserved reliefs in all of its eleven chambers and side rooms. One of the back chambers is decorated with the Ritual of the "Opening of the Mouth", which stated that the mummy's eating and drinking organs were properly functioning. Believing in the need for these functions in the afterlife, this was a very important ritual. The sarcophagus is now in the Sir John Soane Museum in London. A very long and still incompletely explored tunnel leads away into the mountainside from beneath the location where the sarcophagus stood in the burial chamber

KV17 was irreparably damaged when Jean-François Champollion, translator of the Rosetta Stone, physically removed two large wall sections with mirror-image scenes during his 1828-29 expedition. The scenes are now in the collections of the Louvre and the museum of Florence.

The tomb became known as the "Apis tomb" because when Giovanni Belzoni found the tomb a mummified bull was found in a side room off the burial hall.

References

* Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
* Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.Belzoni, Giovanni Narratives of the operations and recent discoveries in Egypt and Nubia:..., 1820

External links

* [http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_831.html Theban Mapping Project: KV17] - Includes description, images, and plans of the tomb.
* [http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/05/the_tomb_of_seti_i.html Finding of the tomb of Seti I by Belzoni]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • KV17 — Tumba de Sethy I Ubicación Valle de los Reyes Descubierta 1817 Excavada por G.B.Belzoni (1817), H.Carter (1902 1903) Altura max. 6,05 m Anchura max. 13,19 m Longitud …   Wikipedia Español

  • KV17 — Grabmal von Sethos I. Ort Tal der Könige Entdeckungsdatum 16. bis 19. Oktober 1817 Ausgrabung Giovanni Battista Belzoni …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • KV17 — …   Википедия

  • KV17 — KV 17 Tombeau de Séthi Ier Tombeaux de l Égypte antique Emplacement Vallée des rois Coordonnées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • KV17 —    The tomb of Sety I of Dynasty 19 in the Valley of the Kings. It was discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in October 1817. It is one of the best preserved tombs in the valley with most of the painted scenes intact. Belzoni’s rather garbled… …   Ancient Egypt

  • KV 17 — KV17 Grabmal von Sethos I. Ort Tal der Könige Entdeckungsdatum 16. bis 19. Oktober 1817 Ausgrabung Giovanni Battista Belzoni …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • KV 17 — KV17 Fresque provenant du tombeau de Séthi Ier, Ägyptisches Museum de Berlin KV 17 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tombeau de Séthi Ier — KV17 Fresque provenant du tombeau de Séthi Ier, Ägyptisches Museum de Berlin KV 17 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste der Pharaonengräber — Panorama des Tals der Könige Die in dieser Liste aufgeführten Pharaonengräber liegen im Tal der Könige bei Theben West in Ägypten. Allerdings dienten nicht alle der Bestattung von Pharaonen. Um die Gräber im eigentlichen Tal der Könige zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Valley of the Kings — The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el Muluk ; Gates of the King ) [Reeves and Wilkinson (1996), p.6] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”