The death of King Ai, the successor of Tutankhamun
It is said that the cause of King Ay’s death was natural to his old age and was buried at the end of the western branch of the Valley of the Kings in a cemetery bearing No. (23) or, as it is called (the cemetery of monkeys).
Tomb No. 23 D, which was supposed to be Tutankhamun’s tomb, in the opinion of archaeologists, because it has the same design and inscriptions as Tutankhamun’s tomb, and this was intended for the burial of the king, but it was stolen by the Minister of Tut and King Ay, where the minister changed the inscriptions and drawings of the tomb.
Tomb of King Aye, only about half of it was able to complete it. When it was discovered in 1817, and when they entered the burial chamber, one of the cemetery workers (the cemetery of monkeys) was influenced by one of the scenes drawn, twelve monkeys arranged in three rows. They are a symbol of the night hours.
When it was discovered, it became clear that the cemetery was subjected to extensive sabotage and was approved to erase a male, a character, and the name of the deceased from existence, in the era of his predecessor (Hoor Moheb). This act was done as soon as he took over the rule of Egypt after the death of Ai, and he also destroyed all the tombs and temples of people who had a relationship with the Amarna period.
The mummy of King IV was not found. Tomb thieves could steal it. The king’s sarcophagus was found broken, and scientists restored and repaired it, in addition to finding pieces of porcelain, ceramics, boxes belonging to King A, and a wooden statue of the king, but it was broken.
The traces of King Ay, who had been destroyed by the act of King Horemheb, because he believed that Ay was a usurper for a right that was not right, but the traces of King Tutankhamun were not destroyed, but rather, King Horemheb preserved them and left them as they are. After all, he considered himself the founder of The monuments of King Tutankhamun because, during the reign of Tutankhamun, he was responsible for the construction, he was the minister of Horemheb, and he preserved the tomb and the mummy as they are in a state of preservation.
With the death of Ay and the ascension of Horemheb on the throne, he restored to Egypt its prestige again inside and outside the country, and he is the king who brought the Ramesses family to rule Egypt.
King Horemheb had no heir, he appointed a colleague of his when he was in the army, and he is the chief of archers (Brilliant Miss Su). He is known to us as Ramses I, and with her, the Ramesses era began, and tomorrow we continue the story.
Watch the tomb of King Aye and the beauty of its .colours