Friday, 6 July 2012

Update from Osirisnet


Dear friends,
We present to you today the tomb of Amenemope, TT148, which dates from the 20th Dynasty. 
Amenemope was Third Prophet of Amon, descended from a powerful family of which many representatives are mentioned in the chapel. The monument is on the north hillside of Dra Abu el-Naga, an area of which the prestige and the direct view of the pylons of Karnak, compensated for the poor quality of the local rock, which along with the prolonged occupation, caused serious damage to the decoration. What has survived is of a great artistic quality and allows the previous splendour of this tomb-temple to be realised
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/amenemope148/e_amenemope148_01.htm

Enjoy.

Thierry Benderitter

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