Re-excavating the Royal Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings
Abstract
The tomb was found by Theodore Davis in 1908, and his published report appeared in 1912. It is selective, however, and many questions remained unanswered. A great deal of debris was left in the tomb, and there was no evidence that this had been thoroughly examined by Davis' workmen. A re-excavation seemed worthwhile, and when undertaken over three short seasons interesting results emerged.
Professor Geoffrey Martin
Educated at London and Cambridge Universities; field director of the EES-Leiden expedition for many years at Saqqara; recorded the royal tomb of Akhenaten at Amarna; many publications, mostly the result of fieldwork in Egypt. Discoverer of the tombs of Horemheb and Maya and other monuments at Saqqara. Publication in the press: Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the royal cemetery at Abydos. Currently: Edwards Professor Emeritus of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College London, Fellow Commoner, Christ's College, Cambridge University, and Field Director of the Cambridge Expedition to the Valley of the Kings.
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