KV17

The tomb Kv 17 was used like burial for the King Séthi {{Ier}} in the Vallée of the kings, in the Nécropole thebaine on western bank of the the Nile vis-a-vis Louxor in Egypt. It is one of the tombs best decorated with the valley, but it is now currently closed with the public because of the sudden damage by the visits and tourism of mass. It has been the subject of a restoration campaign for several years.

He was discovered for the first time by Giovanni Battista Belzoni on October 16th, 1817. He proceeded then to a complete statement of the tomb and a copy of the frescos and the most famous tables. Thereafter of many fragments were taken and certain panels are exposed from now on in the collections of the European museums.

It is about the largest tomb of the valley. To 100 m, it contains reliefs preserved very well in each one of its eleven rooms and side parts. One of the rooms of the bottom is decorated with the Rituel with the Ouverture with the mouth, which supposed that the bodies of the Momie being used to him to eat and drink functioned correctly. Believing in the importance of these functions in beyond, it was a very important ritual. The Sarcophage is now with the Musée Soane with London.

References

Nicolas Reeves & R.H. Wilkinson, The Supplements Valley off the Kings , Thames and Hudson, London, 1996
Alberto Siliotti, Guide to the Valley off the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples , A.A. Gaddis, Cairo, 1996

External bonds

Description of Kv 17 on Theban Mapping Project.
the discovery of the tomb of Séthi {{Ier}} by Belzoni

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