Lost tomb rediscovered

drhawass.com

The archaeological mission of the University of Brussels has identified the lost tomb C.3 as that of Amenhotep, deputy and son-in-law to Senneferi, the overseer of seal-bearers during the reign of Tuthmosis III (1504-1452 bc). The tomb was found on the southern part of the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill on the west bank of Luxor.

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that this tomb had previously been discovered in 1880 by archaeologist Karl Piehl, but was buried over time by the sand. Archaeologists searched for it several times, but with no hope of rediscovering it until the Belgian mission stumbled upon it last month.

Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that Amenhotep’s tomb contains a classical T-shaped chapel with a transverse hall oriented north – south, divided by a row of six pillars. The southern half of the transverse hall collapsed in antiquity and the space is entirely filled with debris.