The Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache was discovered in 1857 by

Alexander Henry Rhind Alexander Henry Rhind (; 26 July 1833 – 3 July 1863) was a Scottish antiquarian and archaeologist. Biography Born in Wick on 26 July 1833 in the Scottish Highlands, Rhind studied at the University of Edinburgh. He has often been erroneously ...

. The tomb is located at the foothills of

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna The necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna ( ar, شيخ عبدالقرنة) is located on the West Bank at Thebes in Upper Egypt. It is part of the archaeological area of Deir el-Bahari, and named after the domed tomb of the local saint. This is the mo ...

, near

TT131 The Theban Tomb TT131 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb belongs to an 18th dynasty Ancient Egyptian named Useramen who was a Vizier during t ...

. It had been sealed with a wall carrying the seal of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...

Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...

. The tomb contained bones, bandages and several disturbed mummies. It also contained several wooden labels with inscriptions mentioning several royal women. The label for Princess Nebetia has an inscription mentioning year 27. This is thought to refer to year 27 of Psusennes I during which the princesses may have been reburied.Aidan Dodson and Jac. J. Janssen, "A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants", ''The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology'', Vol. 75 (1989), pp. 125–138

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{{reflist Theban tombs Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt