The Tomb of Tia and Tia

A Royal Monument of the Ramesside Period in the Memphite Necropolis

By (author) Geoffrey Thorndike Martin

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Extent: 313 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Excavation Memoir

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 1997)

ISBN: 9780856981210

Price: $152.00

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An archaeological excavation report which documents an important New Kingdom tomb complex in Egypt Tia was an overseer of the treasury during the 19th Dynasty, who married a sister of the Pharaoh Ramesses II (also called Tia) making him the king’s brother-in-law. The tomb is built in the ancient burial ground of Memphis at Saqqara, placed near the large tomb of General Horemheb. Archaeologists consider it a major monument of the Ramesside period. Inscriptions show that Ramesses II helped build parts of it as a shrine or temple for Osiris.

  • By (author) Geoffrey Thorndike Martin