Exterior view of the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Interior view of the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
The back wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
The ceiling decoration from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
The ceiling decoration from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the decoration on the back wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the decoration on the back wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the right wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the right wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the right wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the right wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Kha and Merit are in front of an offering table. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Some people bring offerings to a table where Kha and Merit (both not visible here) are seated. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Some people bring offerings to a table where Kha and Merit (both not visible here) are seated. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
Part of the left wall from the funerary chapel of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
General plan and vertical section of the tomb of Kha. Scale 1:150, drawn by Francesco Ballerini.
Access to the burial shaft of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Access to the burial shaft of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit. The horizontal corridor leading to the burial chamber is blocked halfway by a wall. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit. The horizontal corridor leading to the burial chamber is blocked halfway by a wall. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, the entrance corridor to the burial chamber. Photographed at the time of discovery, the door to access the burial chamber is still sealed. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, the entrance corridor to the burial chamber. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, the entrance corridor to the burial chamber. The bed of Kha (S. 8627) is visible in the foreground. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, the entrance corridor to the burial chamber. The bed of Kha (S. 8627) is visible in the foreground. Photographed at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, objects placed in the corridor leading to the burial chamber. Photograph taken at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Intact tomb of Kha and Merit, entrance to the burial chamber at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Burial chamber of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Burial chamber of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Burial chamber of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Burial chamber of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Burial chamber of the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, at the time of discovery. Schiaparelli excavations.
Transporting Kha and Merit’s grave goods out of the tomb, in the direction of the Valley of the Queens. Schiaparelli excavations.
Transporting Kha and Merit’s grave goods out of the tomb, in the direction of the Valley of the Queens. During the process, the workers pass by the rock-cut sanctuary of Ptah and Meretseger. Schiaparelli excavations.
Golden funerary mask of Merit (S. 8473), still left in place resting on her mummified corpse.
Entrance to the burial shaft leading to the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, presumably photographed at the time of excavating. Schiaparelli excavations.
Entrance to the burial shaft leading to the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, presumably photographed at the time of excavating. Schiaparelli excavations.
The entrance, carved into the mountain, to the tomb of Kha and Merit. Schiaparelli excavations.
