<< Our Photo Pages >> Tomb of Aye - Rock Cut Tomb in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tomb of Aye Alternative Name: KV 23Country: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Luxor Nearest Village: Valley of the Baboons
Latitude: 25.741550N Longitude: 32.592140E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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18th Dynasty rock cut tomb. 196 Meter Altitude. It is alleged that High Priest Aye murdered Tutankhamun, but this has not been proved at this. Aye only lived two more years before being replaced by Horemheb. The chamber is decorated with relatively intact frescoes but there was no time to finish the passage. The sarcophagus also needed to be restored from broken fragments.
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