AHIS170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pedestal, Djed, Late Period Of Ancient Egypt
27 Aug 2018
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* new kingdom royal tombs: valley of the kings and valley of the queens. * the valley of the kings was the burial place of the new kingdom kings (dynasties 18-20, 1550- 1069bc), located on the west bank at thebes, behind the officials" tombs at the edge of the desert. * in the new kingdom, royal tombs were separated from their cult/mortuary temples (previously together in one complex e. g. , a pyramid complex). The new location of the royal tombs, close to cult temples but protected in the desert valley by mountains, was an unsuccessful attempt to protect royal tombs from robbery; almost all have been looted. * these tombs were built by workmen who lived in the nearby planned settlement of deir el- The ancient mountain paths used to access the sites are still used today. Meretseger, who was worshipped at deir el-medina, is a personified version of the largest of these mountains, now called el-qurn.
