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the tomb would rather suggest that the fact of a
king being buried there was totally forgottenxxx[?] has[?] Another point is that in the Papyrus
the room/<tomb> of King Tut.. is not mentioned
he certainly was there at that epoch. Is it not
quite fair to imagine that because of his semi
heretic reign he was ignored & forgotten
Khuenaton {Akhenaten} was hidden in close vicinity & somehow
I fear that Smenkhara is possibly not far away.
All three Kings here either heretics or at some time
of their reigns had heretic leanings
Is it not possible that Tut.. made his tomb
& decided that Khuenaton {Akhenaten} & Smenkhara should
repose near him. Evidently owing to the disrepute
they had fallen into he could not give them either
a 2nd Royal Tomb or gorgeous furniture, but possibly
he secretly still had feelings of reverence for the
Aton worship & therefore for his predecessors & decided
that they should be placed in a spot of relative safety.
Possibly whilst Ay was on the throne exercising a very
precarious rule the tomb <& caches> remained gx[?]/<ua>rded & still
untouched, but when Horemhab came to the throne
& founded a new Dynasty such scruples vanished.
The priests of the cemetery then helped themselves
to all the objects in gold, silver & bronze