Recognizing that KV54 did not represent Tutankhamun's actual tomb, and that it did signal the existence of a yet-to-be discovered tomb, archaeologist Howard Carter, who would eventually find the real Tomb of Tutankhamun, corresponded with the Metropolitan Museum's Egyptological Director Herbert Winlock on this subject in 1915. [4]

2010年10月1日 · Between forty and fifty miniature basins were found in KV 54. They are shaped like the tubs in which priests washed before entering a temple or tomb for service. Their small size (around 5 1/2 to 6 inches [14–15.2 cm]) and friable material (unfired clay) made them purely symbolical objects.

Unlike other caches, KV 54 also contains some of the embalming material from the tomb of Tutankhamun and even some items from the pharaoh’s funerary meal. The cache contained around a dozen sealed storage jars which contained a variety of objects, as well as a supply of natron, pottery, linen, floral wreaths, and animal bones.

KV 54 is a small pit, perhaps an unfinished shaft cutting, that was reused after the reign of Tutankhamen as a storeroom for his funerary equipment. Noteworthy features: This tomb is unique in that it was a cache containing embalming material and elements of a funerary meal.

In December 1907 Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy American funding excavations in the Valley of the Kings, discovered a small pit near the tomb of Ramesses X (KV 18). The pit (KV 54) contained approximately a dozen large sealed whitewashed storage jars.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08. Medium: Linen. Dimensions: L. 244 cm (96 1/16 in.); W. 61 cm. (24 in.) Credit Line: Gift of …

KV 54 is a small pit, perhaps an unfinished shaft cutting, that was reused after the reign of Tutankhamen as a storeroom for his funerary equipment. This tomb is unique in that it was a cache containing embalming material and elements of a funerary meal. Soon after the burial of King Tutankhamen, his tomb (KV 62) was robbed at least twice.

Tomb KV54 is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Edward R. Ayrton originally excavated it on behalf of the American lawyer Theodore M. Davis, who funded the work. It was not so much a tomb but a small pit near the tomb of Seti I (KV17) that contained about a …

The Amenmesse Project, KV-10 and KV-63 (KV stands for "King's Valley") is directed by Dr. Otto Schaden and is a University of Memphis (Tennessee) Mission. Dr. Schaden first began excavating...

Unfortunately, Howard Carter and his team were not particularly careful with the body of the Tutankhamun when they investigated his tomb. They were more interested in removing the jewellery and amulets that were placed within the mummy …