TT280
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Tomb TT280, located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, during the Eleventh Dynasty.
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- Instance of
- tomb
- Country
- Egypt
- Series
- list of Theban Tombs
- Image
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- Commons category
- Tomb of Meketre
- located in/on physical feature
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
- culture
- Ancient Egypt
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Tomb TT280, located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, during the Eleventh Dynasty.
==Discovery and excavation== The tomb was discovered in 1895 by Georges Daressy. It had been plundered in ancient times, but when Herbert Winlock excavated it in 1920, an undisturbed room containing several models was discovered. These models cover daily life at the estate of the Vizier Meketre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TT280” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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