Tomb III of Iti-Ibi

Tomb III, north wall, autobiographical inscription of the nomarch Iti-ibi. Schiaparelli excavations.

Tomb III, north wall, autobiographical inscription of the nomarch Iti-ibi. Schiaparelli excavations.

Photograph of Virginio Rosa inside Tomb III of the nomarch Iti-ibi during excavations in the Asyut necropolis in 1911. The author of the shot is presumably Virginio Rosa himself, who took the photograph with a self-timer. Schiaparelli excavations.

Interior view of one of the great tombs of Asyut (Tomb III), transformed into the mission headquarters. Visible above, the remains of a square pillar carved directly from the rock. Schiaparelli excavations.