New Aenigmas of KV63. The coffins of KV63 seem to be reused. Jars for storages or Canopic Jars? Pharaonic cartouche on a jar?
Saturday, 11. March 2006, 03:53:25
New Aenigmas of KV63
The coffins of KV63 seem to be reused
Jars for storages or Canopic Jars?
Pharaonic cartouche on a jar?
According Spanish Egyptologist amateur, at least one of the seven coffins found in the discovered recent Egyptian tomb KV63 of the Valley of the Kings previously seems to be opened, probably in the own antiquity.
By J.F.Alonso. Arqueotour News - http://egiptologia.arqueotour.com - Madrid-10-2006.
Coffin corresponding to a boy nonidentified of the tomb KV63.
Photo of Heather Alexander. March - 2006. http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htm
The Hispanic-Cuban scriptologist Georgeos Diaz-Montexano maintains the hypothesis that at least a coffin - corresponding to a boy it presents clear tracks of to be opened in the own antiquity, which would demonstrate that a "re-burial" or "secondary burial" is, that is, a "reusability" of a coffin that even could originally be destined a different individual.
Analyzing the photos of the coffins. Tracks of a reusability
Diaz-Montexano has been able to need that very severe damages exist that do not seem only caused by the action of the thermites or the humidity, the Egyptologist amateur maintains that tracks of destructions very severe but separate property of husband and wife of the action of a vandalism perpetrated by old thieves of tombs can be appreciated.
Detail of the destructions caused to the coffins. The heads were taken at least in two of the seven coffins.
Nevertheless, in the photo of the coffin of a boy, published by the equipment of the North American expedition of the University of Menfis, directed by the Dr Otto Schaden, two lines of junctions different between the union can be observed clearly from the body of the coffin and what would be its superior cover; one is older, and appears sealed or intact, and another one is more recent, probably made by means of the cut with some type of saw to cut wood. This line of more recent junction presents in addition some slight deflections that perhaps reveal an action a little hurried.
Detail of the junctions and cuts in the coffin corresponding to boy of Dynasty XVIII, not yet identified.
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Cachette? Storage jars or Canopic Jars? Hypothesis on secondary burials or re-burial
Jars for storage or organos of the deceaseds?
Photo of Heather Alexander. March - 2006. http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htm
"... I think that we must be considering every time but the possibility that we are before "cachette" or secondary burial. As or I exposed from the first moment that knew the first images tomb KV63, it is very probable that it is a new burial of individuals that underwent the attack of the thieves of tombs and that could even come from different real tombs from the Valley of the Kings of same Dynasty XVIII, or even of some immediate, previous or later dynasty. The evidences I believe that they are enough precise. Tracks of destructions that do not seem natural, and tracks of reusability of at least a coffin. As far as 28 jars, when it was thought that only they were 20 jars, around only five coffins, I proposed the hypothesis that they could in fact be Canopic Jars (four by individual) improvised in secondary burial made with certain prewalls; now, finally is that they are 28 jars, which continues supporting my preliminary hypothesis, because exactly 28 are the amount of jars that would have to be in a tomb with seven coffins, if these jars were unexpected Canopos Vases or Symbolical Canopic Jars..." - Diaz-Montexano comments.
Possible real seal in one of the jars.
The exaustive analysis of the photos has also allowed to appreciate what it seems impront of a real seal or "pharaonic cartouche" on one of the jars. Georgeos Diaz thinks that the pharaonic seal finding is highly probable in some of the jars, that could help to identify to the individuals or at least the historical time with a greater approach.
Detail extended of possible seal-mark of a real seal or pharaonic cartouche.
To see extended original photo. Heather Alexander
In one of the 28 jars the almost exact silhouette of a possible real seal in form of pharaonic cartouche can be appreciated. Due to the resolution of the photo it is not possible to need the name that could have in its interior.
"... Not even we can be sure that one really is seal-mark, but to be a real cartouche would belong to a Pharaoh who had some brief name, due to the little length that presents the possible cartouche; what would allow to discard to TutAnjAmon (Tutankhamun) and AjenAton (Akhenaten) , being able to be anyone of the four Tutmosis, Ahmosis, Amenophis I or Amenofis III..." - Georgeos declared Diaz-Montexano for" Arqueotour News ".
By J.F.Alonso. Arqueotour News - http://egiptologia.arqueotour.com - Madrid-10-2006.
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