Tomb KV32, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, is the burial site of Tia'a, the wife of Amenhotep II and mother of Thutmose IV.
| KV32 | |
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| Burial site of Tia'a | |
 Schematic of KV32 and KV47 | |
  KV32 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′18.1″N 32°36′01.8″E / 25.738361°N 32.600500°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | 1898 |
| Excavated by | Victor Loret MISR Project University of Basel |
← Previous KV31 Next → KV33 | |
The tomb was discovered in 1898 by Victor Loret. It is an undecorated tomb and runs back some 40 metres into the mountainside with a burial chamber (6.24 x 8.56 x 4.01 m) at the end.[1] A portion of it was penetrated by workmen digging the original burial chamber in the tomb of Siptah KV47.
KV32 has been fully cleared, excavated and published by a team from the University of Basel's MISR Project. The finds in the tomb include hundreds of fragments of a canopic chest and fragments of lids with a human head for covering the potholes that contained the entrails of the queen. Other finds include shabtis and shabti miniature coffins with the name of the queen.[2] Vases with the name of the mayor of Thebes, Sennefer and those of his wife Sentnay were also found.[3]
References
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edit- Hanna Jenni, and Andreas Dorn, and Elina Paulin-Grothe, and David Aston: Das Grab der Königin Tiaa im Tal der Könige (KV 32). Swiss Egyptological Studies, SES, 1. Basel 2021. (online: https://edoc.unibas.ch/81215/)
External links
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- Theban Mapping Project: KV32 includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.