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Tomb KV 6 Ramesses is the tomb with one of
the largest entrances from the all the Valley of the Kings`
tombs. The side chambers of the first corridor B and the
entryway` s cut pilasters are KV 11 reminiscent. The burial
chamber J has its floor with a two-tiered and large pit. The
tomb is decorated with paintings, graffiti and sunk relief. The
tomb KV 6 Ramesses it is the last of the royal tombs from the
Valley that had such a completed decoration. The tomb was
explored several times, first between 1737 and 1738 at the level
of maps and plans, in 1817 were made excavations, in 1824 again
maps and plans, in the same year there was a exploration visit,
in 1825 again plans and maps, between 1828 and 1829 there was a
epigraphy expedition and in 1888 were excavations made by the
Service des Antiquities. The objects recovered from the
excavations are written documents, sculptures, transport objects
and tomb equipment. In the corridors B, C, D and in the burial
chamber J are representations of the deceased persons with
deities, corridor D has also representations of enigmatic
compositions and of bound enemies, the corridor C has a
astronomical ceiling and also representations of bound enemies.
More than 50 graffiti are on the walls of the tomb, in principal
on the walls` upper part which indicates that that the tomb was
filled in part with debris in the antiquity. The paint on the
tomb` s walls is flaking off and faded, the painted decoration`
s lower registers on the burial chambers` walls are lost but the
tomb was not damaged by floods. Recently, in chamber E and in
corridors B, C and D glass wall panels were installed and the
chamber F`s unfinished surfaces were arranged. |
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