| Title |
Valley of the Kings, Egypt [008] |
| Photo Number |
Box 10, Egypt, Valley of the Kings, 13 |
| Description |
Photo shows a ceiling painting in the tomb of Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings, Egypt |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1957 |
| Subject |
Art, Egyptian--Egypt--Photographs; Mural painting and decoration--Egypt--Photographs; Human figure in art--Egypt--Photographs; Hieroglyphics--Egypt--Photographs; Inscriptions, Egyptian--Egypt--Photographs; Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt--Kings and rulers--Photographs; Pharaohs--Egypt--Photographs; Ramses VI, King of Egypt--Photographs; Cemeteries--Egypt--Photographs; Tombs--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt--Antiquities--Photographs; Valley of the Kings (Egypt)--Photographs; Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)--Photographs; Egypt--History--New Kingdom,--ca. 1550- ca. 1070 B.C.--Photographs; Egypt; Cemeteries; Tombs; Art |
| Keywords |
Bībān al-Mulūk; Theban Necropolis; Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Valley of the Kings (Egypt) |
| Caption on Slide |
Ceiling painting, interior of tomb of Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 11-9-57. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Valley of the Kings - Narrow gorge, Upper Egypt, near the ancient city of Thebes. It is the burial site of nearly all of the kings (pharaohs) of the 18th-20th dynasties (1539-1075 BC) ... The valley is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site (designated 1979) centred on Thebes.--Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Credo Reference Database. Note: Ramesses VI ... (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt who reigned from 1145 BC to 1137 BC ... His royal tomb, KV9, is located near Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.--Wikipedia. |
| Type |
Image |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61j9t5x |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
335325 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61j9t5x |
