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Thutmose II was Hatshepsut husband. He
died in 1518 BC and his tomb was descovered in 1898 in the
Valley of the Kings. The tomb used a plan that is typical for
the tombs of the 18th dynasty. The tomb has a vestibule that
precedes the burial chamber. The access to the vestibule is
assured by two corridors and two stairways. The vestibule is
preceded by shaft with quadrangular shape and has as decorations
the entire story of the Amduat’s book. This tomb is the first
one who was decorated with the full story of this book. The
burial chamber has a oval shape and two pillars as support; its
ceiling has stars as decoration, as symbols of the deity Sokar`s
cave. In the middle of the chamber is a sarcophagus, red, large
and from quartzite having the cartouche shape. Two pillars are
in the chamber’s middle with passages from Re’s Litanies, a text
in which the later sun deity is celebrated. Re was identified
with the pharaoh. An unique image of Thutmose II with the
goddess Isis in a tree guise is on another pillar. As regarding
the carvings showing Thutmose II there is one carving with the
pharaoh and Hatshepsut behind him. And also another cartouche
Thutmose II close to Hatshepsut was found, in a badly shape. But
there was also discovered a cartouche of a male figure that
doesn’t look like Thutmose II or to other king of the 18th
dynasty. The mummy of Thutmose II was discovered in Deir el
Bahri, in a royal cache, in 1886. But no mortuary complex or
tomb belonging to this pharaoh was found. The shape of Thutmose
II head and the face are very similar to the ones of his father,
Thutmose I. |
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