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  • Quest for the tomb of Amenhotep I

    12/24/2005 4:45:21 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies · 518+ views
    Al-Ahram Weekly ^ | 22 - 28 December 2005 | Zahi Hawass
    In the area Niwinski found about 250 graffiti, some representing fish, dogs and human figures that could be dated to the pre-dynastic period. Five graffiti were found from the 21st Dynasty belonging to a scribe named, Botig Amun. Earthquakes in the area had shifted the rocks and revealed eight passages behind the temple. These passages had been made by thieves searching for tombs and treasure, and we know from the Abbott papyri that thieves entered the area and reached the bedrock. They also investigated the area horizontally. Inside one of the tunnels more graffiti was discovered. Niwinski found that some...