Cemetery of Deir el-Medina - Hill of Qurnet Murai
The Hill of Qurnet Murai, which lies between the Deir el-Medina Valley and the cultivated land, is occupied by the huts of the local fellahin and crowned by the ruins of a brick built monastery. Most of the 18th Dynasty rock tombs in the slopes of the hill are of no interest.
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Tomb of Amenemonet
Below No. 40 are two tombs of the Ramessid period, Nos. 227 and 278. No. 227 is the Tomb of Amenemonet, a Priest, with funerary scenes (ships carrying the dead man's shrine; women mourners; statues of Amenophis III and Queen Tiy being conveyed to the tomb on sledges; a tomb topped by a pyramid, with a large stela in front, against the background of the desert cliffs). No. 278, the Tomb of Amenomheb, is decorated with religious scenes (the Hathor cow emerging from the hill, etc.); the ceiling has spiral patterns following Cretan models.
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