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The Amarna royal tomb is situated in the
Amarna`s valley and it refers to the tomb of Akhenaten. The
tomb was built by this pharaoh as a burial place for the him and
for his royal family` s members. The tomb was discovered by the
local Egyptians, in 1880, being damaged and plundered in the
ancient times. But the official discovery of the Amarna royal
tomb happened in 1891. There are other tombs, unfinished and
large which seems that were built for the members of the royal
family, considering the locations and the size of the tombs. It
is a certain thing that the tombs were built for the rest of the
Akhenaten as well as for princess Meketaten. There are
suppositions that the tomb was also made for the queen Tiy and
that an unfinished annex was projected for the rest of Nefertiti
but these supposition don`t have a real base or information.
The proportions and the design of the tombs are similar to those
of the Valley of the Kings` royal tombs. In different museum of
the world many objects found in the Amarna royal tomb can be
seen. Among the most important objects are more than 200 shabti-figures
that belonged to Akhenaten, some fragments from 2 sarcophagi
made from granite as well as their lids that also belonged to
the pharaoh and to Meketaten and fragments from a canopic chest
made from alabaster. Between the Akhenaten`s tomb and the one
of the Tutankhamun`s one are similarities regarding the
funerary equipment. It` s not a sure thing what happened to the
body of Akhenaten; it was said that some fragments from the
pharaoh`s body were found in the tomb but there are no ways of
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