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elsewhere (and more recently) in Egypt:
Testing Egypt, Mubarak Rival Is Sent to Jail
New York Times | December 25, 2005 (thanks to time travel) | Michael Slackman
Posted on 12/24/2005 6:19:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546735/posts
KV 39 (Amenhetep I (?))
Theban Mapping Project
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_853.html
"Weigall's description of the tomb suggests that some decoration remained intact at the time of his entry. All traces of decoration were obliterated by the time Rose cleared the tomb. Weigall based his belief that the tomb belonged to Amenhetep I on perceived similarities of position between KV 39 and that described for Amenhetep I's tomb in the tomb robbery papyri... There appear to have been three construction phases, suggested by differences in architectural typology and the orientation of component groups. Entryway A, corridor B1, and chamber C1 and its descent would have been cut first, and suggest a date in the first half of Dynasty 18. Following a southward extension at the end of the corridor B1, two other complexes of corridors and stairs leading to burial chambers were cut to the south and to the east, although it is not certain in which order these were done."
see also:
Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320504/posts
why can't they use ground-penetrating radar or whatever to find empty spaces within the cliff?
Amenhotep I was found in a replacement coffin (which Reeves thinks was part of same group of coffins that Tuthmosis II's replacement coffin came from) originally made for a mid-18'th Dynasty priest named Djehutymose and subsequently reinscribed by the reburial party for Amenhotep I.
