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The tombs of Ancient Egypt is what this site seeks to present. The intention is to investigate them in depth so as to get to know them, and to understand how they worked and what messages they still convey.
The richly illustrated descriptions on this site can serve as a guidebook for any tombs you might visit that are open to the public. They will also allow you to discover some of the many others to which you will never have access otherwise.
A monthly newsletter is also published by Osirisnet. This presents the latest discoveries and most recent publications in the field of Egyptology.
Osirisnet is proud to be one of the few websites "recommended for Egyptology research" by Professor Khaled el-Enany, Minister of Antiquities and Turism of Egypt, former Director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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Map of Egyptshowing the ancient necropolises | Luxor - Valley of the KingsNecropolis of the New Kingdom Pharaohs, |
Luxor - Valley of the QueensNecropolis of queens and princes | Luxor - Valley of the NoblesNecropolis of the courtiers |
Luxor - Deir el-MedinaWorkmen and craftsmen of the village of | SaqqaraMastabas of the Old Kingdom |
SaqqaraTombs of the New Kingdom | GizaMastabas of the Old Kingdom |
Tell El-AmarnaTombs of Akhenaten and the royal family | Tell El-AmarnaTombs of the nobles and courtiers |
ElkabNecropolis of the nobles of Nekheb, | El-BershehNecropolis of the nobles of the Hase nome |
El-HawawishMain necropolis for the nobles of Akhmim during the old and middle kingdom | Mo'AllaNecropolis of the Old Kingdom |
Aswan - Qubbett El-HawaNecropolis of the governors | Western OasesTombs of the oases of Dakhla, Kharga, Siwa |
Amada (Nubia)Tomb of Pennut, moved from its original site (Aniba) | Sudan - El-KurruRoyal necropolis |
Tombs in 3D virtual reality | Complete list of tombs and mastabas |
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RAMOSE TT55
Ramose was vizier, first during the reign of Amenhotep III, then of his son Amenhotep IV before he became Akhenaten. His tomb gives a good account of this dualism. The layout of the tomb is conventional, but its dimensions and exquisite engravings make this monument a jewel of the 18th dynasty art.

REKHMIRE - TT 100
Illustrated here by more than 600 images, the tomb is of an exceptional quality and is historically important, particularly by its texts, which explain the various functions and responsibilities of the vizier, as well as his duties. It also features magnificent scenes of tributes from foreign peoples and an almost complete version of the mouth-opening ritual.

MAYA AND MERYT - SAQQARA
Maya, Overseer of the Treasury from Tutankhamun to Horemheb, was a very elite person. He chose to be buried, along with his wife Meryt, at Saqqara, in a splendid chapel-tomb, the only one from the New Kingdom to be decorated in its subterranean part. This part is fairly well preserved, while the superstructure has been largely damaged and plundered.


























