The
Theban Tomb TT20 is located in
Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the
Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the
Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
, opposite to
Luxor
Luxor ( ar, الأقصر, al-ʾuqṣur, lit=the palaces) is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of ''Thebes''.
Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-a ...
. It is the burial place of the
ancient Egyptian Mentuhirkhepeshef,
[Porter and Moss, ''Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis'', pp. 34–35] who was fan-bearer and mayor of
Tjebu during the mid-
Eighteenth Dynasty, probably during the reign of
Tuthmosis III. Mentuhirkhepeshef was the son of a lady named Taysent.
The scenes in the tomb include funeral ceremonies. People are shown carrying the coffin, there is a 'raising of the olive tree', and there are Nubian captives depicted. Another scene shows Mentuhirkhepeshef hunting in the desert. There are scenes showing wild sheep and one showing an ass giving birth.
See also
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List of Theban tombs
References
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Theban tombs