Sensation in a storage. Recent discovery by an Egyptologist from the PAS Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures
Thousands of stone blocks stored for years near Luxor turned out to be the remains of the monumental tomb of Thutmose I. Fragments of the temple, which archaeologists have been trying to find for a long time, were identified by Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, a Polish Egyptologist.
The mortuary temple of Thutmose I (1504-1492 BC) might have originally matched by size such famous temples as those built by Ramesses II – Ramesseum – or by Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari.
The antique remains were collected during excavations works led in the 70s by and Egyptian archaeologist, who – as is now known thanks to Iwaszczuk’s research – mistook the Thutmose’s tomb for the Cha-achet temple built under the rule of Hatshepsut. In fact, the remains of Cha-achet were not found until a couple of years ago by French archaeologists within the Ramesseum complex.
The analysis of remains revealed that the temple was modified several times. It was still used to worship Thutmose I several hundred years after his death, at least until the reign of Ramesses IX (12th century BC). The decorations from the temple feature a number of interesting objects, including a representation of one of the first battle scenes with chariots known from ancient Egypt.
Source: PAP. Nauka w Polsce Szymon Zdziebłowski (PAP) szz/ agt/
