the “Napoleon of Ancient Egypt” (Cottrell, 1961).
After a 53 year reign (the first 21 being under the agency of Hatshepsut), Thutmose III passed, leaving his expansive empire to his son Amenhotep II. Along with the rest of the kings from the 18th dynasty, Thutmose III was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Although his body was recovered in 1881 from DB 320 cache, it is evident that his removal was due to two intrusive burials within his initial resting place and appointed tomb located at KV 34 (Reeves, 1990). KV 34 was definitely no exception to the unfortunate wrath of grave robbers amongst the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The entire tomb had been heavily vandalised, lintels and doors had been torn out and removed, as well as hulls from boats inside the tomb. Thutmose III’s sarcophagus’ lid had been removed and damaged in the process, wooden furniture had been smashed against the walls, ruining paintings of his success in wars, with metal inlays from the furniture ripped out and strewn amongst the floor (Reeves, 1990).
Amongst this destruction within KV 34, there were a fair amount of grave goods left for Victor Loret to analyze. Off of the main burial chamber, there are four side rooms.le in a majority of religious aspects. They were associated with the sun god Ra, an assistant in the underworld to the moon god Thoth-Khonsu, and with various baboon gods of that time associated with sexual dominance (Dunn & Hiller, 1996-2013).
"The Napoeon of Ancient Egypt"
-Leonard Cottrell
Amongst this destruction within KV 34, there were a fair amount of grave goods left for Victor Loret to analyze. Off of the main burial chamber, there are four side rooms1. Loret states that “La premiere piece a droite” [the first (room) on the right] contains:
--9 statues “entassees, enbois bitumen” [packed in wooden bitumen]