Tomb of Horemheb, Valley of the Kings

The tomb was filled with rubble washed in by rainwater when it was discovered and much of the funerary equipment was damaged by this. Introducing new techniques which would be adopted in subsequent pharoanic tombs, Horemheb's tomb is decorated with painted bas-reliefs rather than the simpler artwork adorning the tombs of his predecessors. The tomb is also the earliest to incroporate passages from the Book of Gates, rather than the Amduat. Items found in the tomb included  lioness, hippo and cow-headed couches, magical bricks and wood and stone containers for embalmed provisions.   

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