By Derek Olson
Located a seven hour car ride south of the Great Pyramids of Giza is the Valley of the Kings, hidden away in the limestone hills of Luxor’s west bank.
Part of the ancient city of Thebes, this was the burial site for most of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom era during the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties (1539–1075 B.C.).
Mohamed Ibrahim, Megalithic Marvels tour guide and Egyptologist, theorizes that these massive tunnels were actually engineered by an earlier prehistoric civilization that were using them as a type of subterranean power plant.
According to this theory, the “sarcophagus” found in each tunnel was originally a casing box that housed an energy device. Mohamed believes that the Dynastic Egyptians came upon this site thousands of years later and re-purposed these massive tunnels into tombs, adding their artwork depictions and reshaping the cases into coffins.
There are 62 known “tombs” here that are sunk deep into the heart of the mountain. One of these numbered KV 47 is known as “the tomb of Siptah,” and his mummy features a strange deformation that I will discuss below…
As you first enter this massive tunnel, you see that it consists of three gently sloping corridors plastered and decorated with scenes from the Litany of Ra and the Book of the Dead. After passing several chambers, you eventually come to the burial chamber that contains the granite box.
Siptah, who’s name means “Son of Ptah, Beloved of Ptah,” was Seti II’s immediate successor. He was probably the seventh ruler of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty and ruled for about six years as a minor. Siptah seems to have died in the 6th year of his reign around the age of sixteen.
His mummy displays clear evidence of health problems, for he suffered the deformity of the left leg and foot. Evidence from his mummy suggests that he suffered from polio or cerebral palsy.
The only material artifact found within KV47 was the red granite outer sarcophagus of Siptah. It is shaped like a cartouche, with the image of the king carved into the upper surface of the lid. He is flanked by figures of Isis and Nephthys and surrounded by a crocodile, a snake and a pair of cobras with human heads and arms.
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Sources
- https://www.britannica.com/place/Valley-of-the-Kings
- https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-47-siptah
- https://sailingstonetravel.com/valley-of-the-kings-guide/
- https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/siptah.htm
- https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/siptah/
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Wow stranger things are dug up all the time , interesting to know.