tomb of Amenemope

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The tomb of Amenemope is an ancient Egyptian burial site in Tanis best known for its rich royal funerary treasures, including gold artifacts and jewelry, uncovered by archaeologist Pierre Montet in the 20th century.

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tomb of Amenemope canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian tomb ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Tanis royal tombs ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
associatedWithRuler Amenemope ⓘ
burialOf Amenemope ⓘ
burialOfDynasty Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
burialOfTitle pharaoh ⓘ
chronologicalPeriod Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
contains amulets ⓘ
canopic chests ⓘ
coffins ⓘ
funerary masks ⓘ
gold artifacts ⓘ
inscribed objects ⓘ
jewelry ⓘ
royal funerary treasures ⓘ
scarabs ⓘ
currentLocationOfFinds Egyptian Museum in Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Museum

various museum collections ⓘ
discoveredBy Pierre Montet ⓘ
discoveryCentury 20th century ⓘ
discoveryYearApproximate 1940s ⓘ
excavatedBy Pierre Montet ⓘ
excavationMethod systematic archaeological excavation ⓘ
function royal burial ⓘ
hasAssociatedDeities Amun ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasScriptOfInscriptions hieroglyphs ⓘ
hasTypeOfBurial royal burial with rich grave goods ⓘ
heritageDiscipline Egyptology ⓘ
locatedIn Tanis ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
locatedInRegion Nile Delta ⓘ
materialContext stone tomb architecture ⓘ
notableFor intact burial equipment ⓘ
rich royal funerary treasures ⓘ
well-preserved gold objects ⓘ
partOf royal necropolis of Tanis ⓘ
relatedSite Tomb of Psusennes I ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Psusennes I

Tomb of Shoshenq II ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Shoshenq II

Tomb of Takelot ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Takelot I
religiousContext ancient Egyptian funerary religion ⓘ
stateOfPreservationAtDiscovery partially intact ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
treasuresComparison comparable in richness to other royal Tanis tombs ⓘ

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Pierre Montet → notableDiscovery → tomb of Amenemope ⓘ