Comments on: KV63: Dr. Otto Schaden Declares Excavation Work Now Complete http://emhotep.net/2009/12/15/structures/tombs-structures/kv63-dr-otto-schaden-declares-excavation-work-now-complete/ Egypt for the Curious Layperson and the Budding Scholar Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shemsu Sesen http://emhotep.net/2009/12/15/structures/tombs-structures/kv63-dr-otto-schaden-declares-excavation-work-now-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Shemsu Sesen Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:41:10 +0000 http://emhotep.net/?p=3563#comment-507 Hey Tim! Sorry it has taken forever and a day to respond, but thank you very much for contributing. Yes, the mummification bed is a fantastic find! If only it could speak. But that is the job of Egyptologists in their forensic role. I am also anxiously awaiting the uncovering of the inscriptions on the coffins. The queston is to what degree they were shuffled around and what connection they may have with KV63. Are they related to the tomb or did they end up there as storage? I agree that based on what I have seen that it does not appear to have been a royal burial, but that may not stop some from claiming such! I plan to dig in to this possibility when I do my summary write-up of KV63 for the site. Like I said, there may not be anything in my summary folks such as yourself, who have been following the story, may not already know. Then again, sources have been known to come forward. Hey Tim!

Sorry it has taken forever and a day to respond, but thank you very much for contributing.

Yes, the mummification bed is a fantastic find! If only it could speak. But that is the job of Egyptologists in their forensic role.

I am also anxiously awaiting the uncovering of the inscriptions on the coffins. The queston is to what degree they were shuffled around and what connection they may have with KV63. Are they related to the tomb or did they end up there as storage?

I agree that based on what I have seen that it does not appear to have been a royal burial, but that may not stop some from claiming such! I plan to dig in to this possibility when I do my summary write-up of KV63 for the site. Like I said, there may not be anything in my summary folks such as yourself, who have been following the story, may not already know.

Then again, sources have been known to come forward.

]]> By: Tim http://emhotep.net/2009/12/15/structures/tombs-structures/kv63-dr-otto-schaden-declares-excavation-work-now-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Tim Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:46:05 +0000 http://emhotep.net/?p=3563#comment-501 That mummification bed is a terrific thing. Hopefully coffin inscriptions will reveal whether the material belongs to one courtier or many and if there was a relation between the owners of the deposit. Though it does not appear to be part of a royal burial? That mummification bed is a terrific thing. Hopefully coffin inscriptions will reveal whether the material belongs to one courtier or many and if there was a relation between the owners of the deposit.

Though it does not appear to be part of a royal burial?

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