Royal Cache in the context of "Tomb of Thutmose II"

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⭐ Core Definition: Royal Cache

The Royal Cache, technically known as TT320 (previously referred to as DB320), is an Ancient Egyptian tomb located next to Deir el-Bahari, in the Theban Necropolis, opposite the modern city of Luxor.

It contains an extraordinary collection of mummified remains and funeral equipment of more than 50 kings, queens, and other royal family members of the New Kingdom, as it was used as a cache for royal mummies during the Twenty-first Dynasty. The eleven pharaohs found there include one of the nine pharaohs from the 17th dynasty, five of the fifteen pharaohs from the 18th dynasty, three of the eight pharaohs from the 19th dynasty, and two of the ten pharaohs from the 20th dynasty. It is thought to be one of the first caches.The tomb was originally used as the last resting place of High Priest of Amun Pinedjem II, his wife Neskhons, and other close family members.

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👉 Royal Cache in the context of Tomb of Thutmose II

The Tomb of Thutmose II is a royal ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud area west of Luxor. The tomb, also known by its tomb number Wadi C-4, belonged to Thutmose II, a pharaoh of the 16th–15th centuries BC. The tomb lacks Thutmose's mummy, which was found in 1881 in the Royal Cache, where many royal sarcophagi were moved in ancient times.

Identified through a joint Egyptian–British archaeological expedition, the tomb was discovered by Ashraf Omar in 2022, which was announced in a preliminary report in the following year.

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Royal Cache in the context of Thutmose II

Thutmose II was the fourth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and his reign is thought to have lasted for 14 years, from 1493 to 1479 BC (Low Chronology), or just 3 years from around 1482 to 1479 BC. Little is known about him, and he is overshadowed by his father Thutmose I, half-sister and wife Hatshepsut, and son Thutmose III. There are relatively few monuments that refer to Thutmose II.

He died before the age of 30, and a body claimed to be his was found in the Royal Cache above the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. His tomb, in the Western Wadis near the Valley of the Queens, was found in 2022 and confirmed to be his in 2025. The tomb was built under waterfalls, leading to periodic flooding, which damaged the tomb throughout the ages. His mummified body was relocated in ancient times, and its final resting place is disputed.

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Ancient Egypt → Hypogeum → Deir el-Bahari → Theban Necropolis → Luxor → New Kingdom of Egypt → Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt → 17th dynasty → 18th dynasty → 19th dynasty → 20th dynasty → High Priest of Amun → Pinedjem II → Neskhons →