Factum Arte scans (reviewed by Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves) show KV62's north wall scene was painted on a white background in the Amarna-period 20-grid style, while the other three walls were painted later on yellow using an 18-grid standard under Tutankhamun 🎨 Earlier royal cartouches survive underneath the repainted names — Reeves reads them as the pre-accession name Tutankhaten. Photos from 1931/32, 1936 and today show that wall patch was repainted in between. Still a theory, not settled fact.
Reconstructed scans reveal Amarna-style north wall scene later painted over
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📍 Tutankhamun's Tomb (KV62)
Key facts
- Egyptologist and curator Nicholas Reeves concluded from the Factum Arte data that two sealed doorways in KV62 survived undisturbed for roughly 3,100 years
- Reeves argues the right-turn layout matches the pattern typical of queens' tombs
- Scans revealed earlier royal cartouches beneath the repainted names, which Reeves reads as the pre-accession name Tutankhaten
- He proposes the scene of Ay burying Tutankhamun was repainted over a scene of Tutankhamun burying his own predecessor
- Comparison of photographs from 1931/32 and 1936 shows the north wall patch was repainted in between, with alterations to the knees, kilt pleats and hand of Tutankhamun's figure and added fake mould painted over water damage
- Reeves speculates the repainting hides that Carter had tunnelled into the north wall searching for a blocked doorway
Sources
THE BURIAL OF NEFERTITI?factum-arte.com
Two of the four Factum Arte scans – those of the west and north walls – shed significant new light on KV 62 and its development. (a) West Wall.
FACTUM ARTE'S WORK IN THE TOMBS OF ...factum-arte.com
THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN (KV62). PREPARED By NAOKO FUKUMARU. All ... 6 3D scans were done to cover that area, with rescans to capture ...
Replicating Tutankhamun's Tombfactum-arte.com
AE looks at how a Spanish company, Factum Arte, is using the very latest technology to create a facsimile of Tutankhamun's tomb, as one of the.
Tutankahmunhighres.factum-arte.org
The recording in 3D and colour from the tomb of Tutankhamun. High resolution image viewer. Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative ; North Wall · East Wall.
A quick guide to Factum's multi-layered browservimeo.com
The multi-layered viewers allow you to move around the scanned surfaces and zoom into macro-level photographic data with a resolution of 400 dpi ...
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