KV28

KV28 Tomb of Unknown

The ancient Egyptian tomb KV28 in the Valley of the Kings ( East Valley ) was discovered in 1832. It is a non- royal grave, the grave owner is unknown.

Research and publication

After the initial discovery before 1832 John Gardner Wilkinson noticed the grave before it was visited in 1889 by Eugène Lefébure. According lefébure the grave contained some mummy bones and mummy wrappings and was otherwise completely empty. Donald P. Ryan examined KV28 in 1990 for the Pacific Lutheran University and published its findings in the spring of 1991 in " KMT 2/1 ".

Location and architecture

KV28 consists of a shaft that leads into a single rectangular grave chamber. There is a yet further examined door leading perhaps to another chamber at the rear wall. The grave is undecorated.

Finds

During his excavations in 1990 Ryan was before the remains already described by Lefébure. According to Ryan come the bones of at least two people. Furthermore, there were fragments of a canopic coffinettes of limestone, miscellaneous pieces of wooden objects as well as a so-called burial cone, which comes from the Theban necropolis.

Based on the pottery shards found can be assumed that the burials were probably in the time of Thutmose IV performed. Meanwhile, grave, KV43 is located, not far away, so it may constitute the grave of a high official of the king in KV28.