Sunday, October 4, 2015

The Search for Queen Ankhesenamon



The Search for Queen Ankhesenamon
Copyright © 2015 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved

If Tutankhamon was originally buried in KV23 (Ay’s tomb) why was he moved?
Say Ankhesenamon was buried in KV62, and her tomb was bricked up, plastered over and sealed, after she died during Ay’s reign.  Ay was married to Ankhesenamon after Tut died.  Then the new “Burial Chamber of Tutankhamon” was painted over on the bricked up section and Tut was transferred from KV23 to KV62 and interred there.  KV23 was then usurped by Ay and painted over with his images.  

Why did Ay do this to Ankhesenamon? Did they have an argument – was she murdered by Ay and buried in KV62? Or was this new tomb designed to contain both Ankhesenamon and Tutankhamon?

During Horemhab’s reign, KV23 and all of Ay’s images on his monuments were hacked out or damaged so something must have happened to his memory. Only the Burial Chambers in both tombs are painted.  Most tombs are painted over a course of time with dedication, not hurried as if covering up something.
So the idea that “Queen Nefertiti” was in KV62 may be wrong, especially if the “Nefertiti head in KV40” (KMT issue Fall 2014) is real.  But this is motivation for opening the sealed chambers (originally mentioned ONLY in Eye of the Pharaoh © 1990 by ME; Michael J. Costa) in KV62.  One wonders where Egyptologists get their ideas from?

MC 2015.


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