KV41

KV41 Tomb of Unknown

KV41 is an ancient Egyptian grave in the Valley of the Kings. It dates from the time of the early 18th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ) or the end of the 17th dynasty (Second Intermediate Period ( Egypt) ). KV41 is located behind Deir el- Bahri on the west bank of the Nile in the so-called Valley of the pits. It is not known for whom the grave has been created.

General

The grave lies in the hills consists only of a 11.24 -meter shaft, with the dimensions 1.82 × 1.62 meters and a volume of 33.13 cubic meters. Side chambers were not created. The work was stopped by the artisans to have completed without the grave. There are no murals or graffiti.

History

Although it is not known for whom the grave has been created, suspected Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas that Queen Tetischeri, the possible wife of the Theban ruler Senachtenre, KV41 has built. This assignment means that the grave had been built at the end of the 17th dynasty. This would make it one of the first graves that would have been created for a queen in the Valley of the Kings. For this theory there is no evidence. It is certain that the grave was never used. Historical artifacts could not be discovered in the grave.

The grave was discovered by Victor Loret on behalf of the Service of Antiquities in 1899. In the same year the excavations began. 1900 visited Georges Aaran Benedite the grave, two years later, Georg Stein Dorff. 1991 new excavations were carried out on behalf of the Institut francais d' archéologie orientale in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology of the University of Cairo.