Tomb of Merenptah


Merneptah, and was buried 14 of the son of Ramses II at 8 kV. He did not reach to the throne until he was in the fifties, as her father survived the first thirteen of his sons and the state and its 90. The tomb is 80 meters and is located near the tomb of Ramses II os.
The grave itself shows the difference in style between the graves in the early 19th different strain of the breed and 20th - there is less room and roof top, and the cemetery has been straightened and higher incomes
The tomb has been open since antiquity, Greek and Romanian was open at least to the Council of the columns in the first place, which is covered in graffiti. Ceilings decorated with eagles.
There are three corridors leading to the Pit ritual or shaft. It is decorated with a series of re-writers of the time Duat. Table I consists of two columns and a devoted father of Merneptah and Ramesses II.
The tomb chamber and four annexes, two on each side, and more in depth. The camera has a ceiling of Astronomy and eight columns. Walls are also decorated with inscriptions from the Book of Gates Book of Caverns.
On the pink granite sarcophagus is empty remains. Originally, there were four overlapping sarcophagii - three pink granite exteriors and the ark of innter calcite or alabaster. Inside the cemetery is a sculpture of nuts.



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