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The first king of the Egypt` s twentieth
dynasty was Setnakhte; his tomb is among the twentieth dynasty
tombs from the Valley of the Kings. He has a tomb, KV 14 which
communicates with the one of pharaoh woman Twosret of the 19th
dynasty, being in this way one of the biggest tombs, with 112
meters. The tomb of Ramses II, KV 11, is one of the largest and
most decorated tombs from the Egypt` s Valley of the Kings; this
tomb is open for the public. The successors of Ramses III built
necropolis with right axis, decorated in a similar way. The tomb
of Ramses IV, KV 2, open even since the antiquity, contains a
big number of hieratical acts and is decorated with different
religious scenes. Ramses V and Ramses VI have a common tomb, KV
9, which is also known as the tomb of the metempsychosis is also
decorated with engravings with religious scenes. Opens from
antiquity, it contains more than one thousand of graffiti in
Greek, Latin and Coptic. KV 6, the tomb of Ramses IX, was also
explored even from antiquity. It is situated between KV 5 and KV
55; it extends 105 meters within the hill, including the lateral
rooms, which were not finished. The incomplete aspect of the tomb
suggests that the tomb wasn't finished when Ramses IX died.
Another important tomb of this dynasty is KV 19, of
Mentuherkhepshef, the Ramses IX`s son. The tomb is small but
with very beautiful decoration, being recently restored and open
for tourists. The 20th dynasty was the period of the famous
robs; the Amon`s clergy decide to restore the mummies, to
celebrate new funerals and the remains of the nobles deceased
were covered with new bandages and buried at Deir el Bahri. |
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