tomb of Amenemope

E811383

The tomb of Amenemope is an ancient Egyptian burial site in Tanis best known for its rich royal funerary treasures, including gold artifacts and jewelry, uncovered by archaeologist Pierre Montet in the 20th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tomb of Amenemope 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian tomb
archaeological site
associatedWith Tanis royal tombs NERFINISHED
associatedWithCulture Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Amenemope NERFINISHED
burialOf Amenemope NERFINISHED
burialOfDynasty Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
burialOfTitle pharaoh
chronologicalPeriod Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED
contains amulets
canopic chests
coffins
funerary masks
gold artifacts
inscribed objects
jewelry
royal funerary treasures
scarabs
currentLocationOfFinds Egyptian Museum in Cairo NERFINISHED
various museum collections
discoveredBy Pierre Montet NERFINISHED
discoveryCentury 20th century
discoveryYearApproximate 1940s
excavatedBy Pierre Montet NERFINISHED
excavationMethod systematic archaeological excavation
function royal burial
hasAssociatedDeities Amun NERFINISHED
Osiris NERFINISHED
Ra NERFINISHED
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian
hasScriptOfInscriptions hieroglyphs
hasTypeOfBurial royal burial with rich grave goods
heritageDiscipline Egyptology NERFINISHED
locatedIn Tanis NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Egypt NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Nile Delta NERFINISHED
materialContext stone tomb architecture
notableFor intact burial equipment
rich royal funerary treasures
well-preserved gold objects
partOf royal necropolis of Tanis NERFINISHED
relatedSite Tomb of Psusennes I NERFINISHED
Tomb of Shoshenq II NERFINISHED
Tomb of Takelot NERFINISHED
religiousContext ancient Egyptian funerary religion
stateOfPreservationAtDiscovery partially intact
studiedBy archaeologists
treasuresComparison comparable in richness to other royal Tanis tombs

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Montet notableDiscovery tomb of Amenemope