Tomb WV23

stone block shows Ay receiving the Gold of Honor'
Tomb WV23 based at the end of the Western Valley of the Kings about modern-day Luxor, was the final resting place of Pharaoh Ay of the 18th Dynasty.

It was broken by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in the winter of 1816, its social system is alike to that of the tomb of Akhenaten, with a direct undecorated, down corridor, taking to a "well chamber" that has no shaft. This leads to the burying chamber, which currently contains the rebuilded sarcophagus. It had earlier been found smashed into some fragments. The tomb had also been violated in history with many depicting of Ay's image or name erased from the tomb wall pictures.

Its medallion is similar in substance and color to that of Tutankhamun (KV62), with a few differences. On the eastern wall there is a portraying of a fishing and fowling scene, which is not shown elsewhere in other Royal tombs, being normally presented in burials of aristocracy. The tomb is also well noted for its views of a hippopotamus hunt.



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