Talk:KV55

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[edit] "As a final insult, a large rock was thrown at the coffin."

A citation has been requested for this statement, and the idea is supposedly attributed to Nicholas Reeves. I have a couple of his books (Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet and The Complete Valley of the Kings) and cannot find him laying out that scenario in either book. I know I have read about someone speculating about that this scenario, but I doubt it can be attributed to Reeves. (I actually thought it might be Dennis Forbes, but the scenario he outlines in Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology suggests that the rock fell by accident on the coffin, as a result of ceiling weakened by water damage). Might be better to leave him out of that section until someone can come up with an actual reference to back up the assertion that he made that statement. Captmondo (talk) 14:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

the possibility that a stone was hurled at the face of the KV55 mummy at the time of the partial dismantling of the burial (reign of rameses ix) is put forward by reeves in his introduction to the 1990 reissue of the tomb of queen tîyi (p.xiii)

the following pasage is quoted from that introduction "it may also be speculated that this same investigating party was responsible for hurling the stone which chrushed the front of the mummy's skull"

the fact is not mentioned by reeves in the valley of the kings. decline of a royal necropolis (1990). --L!nus (talk) 18:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

the same possilbity is put forward more strongly in reeves' akhenaten, egypt's false prophet (2001) "..., a stone was hurled at the coffin's head just before the party left" --L!nus (talk) 18:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't have the first book, but have the second and third. Could you supply a page reference for that from Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet? (Interestingly, I have the 2005 edition—perhaps he decided to omit that from the later edition? Can confirm/deny if you can give me a page reference). Cheers! Captmondo (talk) 19:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

sorry, forgot the page ref. in my edition: p 83 (in case the pagenumbers do not correspond: chapter 4 revolution, ageing akhenaten: the body in tomb 55).--L!nus (talk) 19:42, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem! You might as well add the page reference for the citation then. Will check my own edition (I remember looking in the latter section of the book, so it is likely there and I missed it), when I can get to it this evening. Cheers! Captmondo (talk) 20:06, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Just confirming—my edition lists the theorized incident on the same page as does yours. When I have time I will also add Forbes' construction of events as well. Have added the citation to the article. Thanks for setting me straight! Captmondo (talk) 10:21, 20 November 2007 (UTC)