Name of Object:

Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Kha at the moment of discovery

Name in original language:

Deir el-Medina, sito del rinvenimento della tomba di Kha

Location:

Turin, Italy

Holding Institution:

Soprintendenza Archeologia del Piemonte: Authority for the Archaeological Heritage of Piedmont

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Holding Institution (original language):

Soprintendenza Archeologia del Piemonte

Date of Object:

1906

Author:

Author unknown (- )

Inventory Number:

C1347

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Silver bromide negative impressed on glass plate

Dimensions:

13 x 18cm

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

Photo by an unknown author showing the archaeologists Ernesto Schiaparelli and Francesco Ballerini on the site of the tomb of the architect Kha, together with workers and the supervisor of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Egypt. The tomb of the architect Kha (TT 8) was discovered untouched in 1906 by Ernesto Schiaparelli inside the necropolis of Deir el-Medina. It was located inside the village of the craftsmen who worked at the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The holder had been "Head of the royal necropolis" and "Superintendent to the works of the royal necropolis" in the middle of the 18th dynasty, during the reigns of Amenhotep II (1428–1397 BC), Thutmose IV (1397–1388 BC) and Amenhotep III (1388–1351 BC). The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities preserves all these goods, with the exception of a lamp, which is in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo, while a copy is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Turin.

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Museo Egizio di Torino - Archivi Soprintendenza Archeologia del Piemonte.

Citation of this web page:

Marcella Trapani "Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Kha at the moment of discovery" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;174;en

Prepared by: Marcella Trapani
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 032