The Anonymous Tombs in Amarna are ancient Tombs of Nobles at the Royal Wadi in Amarna,

Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south. In ancient E ...

. They consist of both sepulchres and burial pits in varying stages of construction.

Amarna Tomb 7a,b,c

Amarna Tomb 7a,b,c are small unfinished tombs located near Tomb 7 (The tomb of

Parennefer The ancient Egyptian noble Parennefer was Akhenaten's close advisor before he came to the throne, and in later times served as his Royal Butler, an office which brought him into intimate contact with the king. His titles include "The King's Cup Be ...

). Tombs 7a and 7b are very small. Tomb 7c had some columns completed, but no inscriptions were evident. The rock tombs of el-Amarna, Parts III and IV: Part 3 The tombs of Huya and Ahmes & Part 4 The tombs of Penthu, Mahu, and Others Egypt Exploration Society (2004) The rock tombs of el-Amarna, Parts V and VI: Part 5 Smaller tombs and boundary stelae & Part 6 Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu and Ay, Egypt Exploration Society (2004)

Amarna Tomb 9a,b,c

Small unfinished tombs located near Tomb 9 (The tomb of Mahu). All three tombs are very simple in construction.

Amarna Tomb 16

The tomb owner's name has not been preserved. The owner is shown kneeling in adoration before the sun. Contrary to most tombs the owner faces northeast in this tomb. The tomb was said to have contained "burials in palm-sticks, coffins, etc." Davies, The rock tombs of el-Amarna, Part V, Footnote 5 pg 12-14

Amarna Tomb 17

Davies describes this tomb as having no interesting features. Some pottery was found in the excavations, including a small pot with a foot and some saucers.

Amarna Tomb 18

Only the facade of the tomb was completed. The tomb is of the corridor type. A

hieroglyphic Egyptian hieroglyphs (, ) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt, used for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with some 1,000 distinct characters.There were about 1,00 ...

inscription was written on the left jamb of the outer door. The lower part of the inscription is too damaged to read the name of the tomb owner.

Amarna Tomb 20

The lintel shows the royal family adoring the deity

Aten Aten also Aton, Atonu, or Itn ( egy, jtn, ''reconstructed'' ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system established in ancient Egypt by the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. The Aten was the disc of the sun and originally an aspect o ...

. We see the same scene on the left and the right but in mirror image.

Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth D ...

is shown on both sides wearing the

khepresh The khepresh (''ḫprš'') was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often depicted wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. While it was once c ...

crown.

Nefertiti Neferneferuaten Nefertiti () ( – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a radical change in national religious policy, in which ...

and her daughters were never carved. The inscriptions show that Nefertiti was supposed to follow her husband, followed by

Meritaten Meritaten, also spelled Merytaten, Meritaton or Meryetaten ( egy, mrii.t-itn) (14th century BC), was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means "She who is beloved of Aten"; Aten being the sun-deity whom h ...

Meketaten Meketaten ("Behold the Aten" or "Protected by Aten") was the second daughter of six born to the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. She likely lived between Year 4 and Year 14 of Akhenaten's reign. Although little is known ...

and

Ankhesenpaaten Ankhesenamun (, "Her Life Is of Amun"; c. 1348 or c. 1342 – after 1322 BC) was a queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt as the pharaoh Akhenaten's daughter and subsequently became the Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Tutankhamun. Born Ank ...

. Behind the princesses the Queen's sister Mutnodjemet is depicted.

Amarna Tomb 21

While cutting the entranceway, the workers cut column bases from the existing stone. Kemp, Barry, The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and its People, Thames and Hudson, 2012, pg 62

Amarna Tomb 22

The lintel shows the royal family adoring the

is shown wearing the

Khepresh The khepresh (''ḫprš'') was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often depicted wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. While it was once c ...

crown.

, wearing her blue crown, followed her husband, followed by three princesses, probably

and

. Behind the princesses the Queen's sister Mutnodjemet is depicted.

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