Tomb of Ay (WV 23)

Ay is Tutankhamen's successor, who took the throne following the death of the young king, he served at the royal court as a vizier then he ruled the country for a very few years (about 2 years). The Tomb of Ay (WV 23) lies at the end of the West Valley and it was explored in 1816 by Giovanni Belzoni. There is no doubt that the occupant of the tomb was Ay, the successor of Tutankhamen, however some Egyptologists believe that the tomb may originally belonged to one of those kings: Akhenaton, Tutankhamen or Smenkhkare. The plan of the tomb is more similar to the design of royal tombs at Tall al-Amarna than to earlier Dynasty 18 royal tombs. it is similar to the tomb of Tutankhamen (KV 62) to the extent that some scholars believe that both of these tombs were designed by the same artist. Th...Read More