KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in 1907 while he was working in the Valley for Theodore M. Davis. It has long been speculated, as well as much disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous king, Akhenaten, who moved the capital to Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna).

2021年3月19日 · The big issues have been identifying the KV55 mummy in ancient Egyptian history and combining its most probable identity with that person’s proposed age of death. Could mummy KV55 really be the ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten, as many scholars believe?

The KV55 coffin shares many similarities to the second (middle) coffin of Tutankhamun (JE 60670), as they are both gilded and covered with colorful glass and semi-precious stone inlays in a rishi-design.

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The identity of the mummy found in KV55 is one of Egyptology’s most enduring mysteries. The newly renpvated Amarna room at the egyptian museum in Cairo. Photo by Mohamed Megahed. The contents of KV55 offer some clues to who the mystery mummy might have been.

2023年11月27日 · On January 6th, 1907, a team working under the American archaeologist Theodore Davis uncovered the entrance to a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. This tomb, designated as KV55, paled in comparison to the impressive tombs elsewhere in the Valley.

2010年9月3日 · Blood tests, skeletal similarities, and other clues have led experts to believe that the KV55 mummy is closely related to King Tutankhamen.

2015年10月8日 · Tomb 55 was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by Edward R. Ayrton in January 1907 and is connected to the Heretic King Akhenaten. The desecrated royal coffin found in tomb KV55. Credit: Hans Ollermann - CC BY 2.0. There was only one single chamber and a small niche in a simple tomb.

2015年1月26日 · In 1907, a mysterious tomb was discovered in Egypt. Known as KV55, the tomb contained a variety of artifacts and a single body. Identification of the body has been complicated by the fact that the artifacts appear to belong to several different individuals.

2023年3月2日 · KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings that contained a cache of material and bodies brought from Amarna after Akhenaten’s reign. It lies only about 120 ft (36 m) across the valley floor from...