The
Theban Tomb TT32 is located in
El-Khokha, part of the
Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the
Nile, opposite to
Luxor. It is the burial place of the
ancient Egyptian official, Djehutymose.
Djehutymose (or Tuthmose) was a chief steward of
Amun
Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...
and overseer of the granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt during the reign of
Ramesses II (
19th Dynasty
The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty and the 20th Dynasty fur ...
). His wife Esi (Isis) is shown in the hall and the passage of the tomb.
It was later used by the Roman Soter family for burials in the first and second centuries CE.
In 2018, an excavation of the tomb by the
University of Strasbourg resulted in the discoveries of two perfectly preserved coffins, each with a perfectly preserved mummy, one of which is a woman named Thuya. A thousand funerary statues were also discovered at the site.
See also
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List of Theban tombs
References
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Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC
Theban tombs