Before the discovery of Tutankhamun
the tomb of Yuya and Tuya
was one of the most celebrated discoveries in Egyptian archaeology.
The excavators believed that the burial had been plundered on one occasion only
In fact KV46 appears to have been entered at least twice and probably on three occasions.
All the more portable valuables had gone – metalwork (including all jewellery not wrapped in with the mummies)
and most of the linens not associated directly with the corpses.
The tomb was still in a state of disarray when entered by Davis in 1905.
The mummies had been disturbed within their coffins, while promising-looking boxes had their lids ripped off.
Yuya and Tuya died at separate times, and were interred in KV46 on two separate occasions.
“… so remarkable was the preservation that the silver was still bright, but within three days, and before anything could be moved, it had become black” –
James Quibell –
Text above is from the book
The Complete Valley of the Kings
by Nicholas Reeves and Richard H. Wilkinson
Photos taken in Cairo Museum and text information of the photos are from the museum info cards and from Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire no 51001-51191 –
Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu – par M.J.E.Quibell, from year 1908.
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