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TOMB OF RAMSES III

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2024
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This tomb is 188 m long. It was built for Pharaoh Ramses III of the 20th dynasty. He reigned for thirty-one years. The mystery of his death has long puzzled researchers, as he always fought against corruption and invaders from the peoples of the sea... But it was recently discovered, in 2012, that he was assassinated by a conspiracy fomented by several members of his harem, including his third wife Tiyi. The pharaoh's successor should have been his first wife's child, not Tiyi's, Pentaour. The coup d'état was therefore aimed at eliminating Ramesses III to prevent the future Ramesses IV, then aged 45, from ascending the throne...

Nevertheless, it was he who built the splendid temple known as Medinat Abu. Four successive corridors lead to the burial chamber. At the end of the second corridor, the architects came up against an earlier tomb, that of Amenmés, and had to modify their trajectory in parallel for the third corridor. This tomb struck a chord with the Scottish archaeologist who discovered it at the end of the 18th century, not least for its depictions of harpists, which earned it its current nickname, "Tomb of the Harpists". The granite sarcophagus of King Ramses III is preserved in the Louvre. His mummy was also found in 1881 in the hiding place at Deir al Bahari, where the priests had hidden it for fear of the increasing looting by local peasants. It is now on display in Cairo.

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thon
Visited in february 2023
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UN GRAND TOMBEAU
RAMSES III FUT LE DERNIER GRANS SOUVERIN DU NOUVEL EGYPTE. IL REGNA DE 1186 A 1154 AVANT J.C. SON TOMBEAU FUT CONNUE DEPUIS L'ANTIQUITE. CETTE SEPULTURE EST DECORE DE PEINTURES AVEC UNE FRAICHEUR DANS LES COLORIES AVEC DES SCENES MAGNIFIQUES
Antar
Visited in december 2019
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Très belle décoration des couloirs.
On se représente mieux les tombeaux des pharaons de cette époque.
jfriends005
Visited in february 2018
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La descente est longue et mystérieuse mais la profondeur de la tombe est impressionnante . La salle du sarcophage quoique simple, reste impressionante par sa grandeur.

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