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Cities and sites of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and Nubia

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TT2 (tomb of Khabekhnet)

TT2 is the Theban tomb at Deir el-Medina on Luxor's west bank, cut for Khabekhnet, a 19th-Dynasty workman who decorated royal tombs under Ramesses II.

TT20 (Mentuhirkhepeshef)

TT20 is an ancient Egyptian private tomb at Dra Abu el-Naga in the Theban Necropolis, built for Mentuhirkhepeshef, a fan-bearer and mayor serving Thutmose III and Amenhotep II.

TT21 (User)

TT21 is an Eighteenth-Dynasty rock tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in the Theban necropolis, built for User, a scribe and steward of King Thutmose I.

TT210

TT210 is a 19th-Dynasty private tomb at Deir el-Medina in the Theban Necropolis, belonging to Rawaben, a Servant of the Place of Truth, the royal workmen's title.

TT212

TT212 is a private tomb at Deir el-Medina in the Theban Necropolis, owned by the scribe Ramose, who also held tombs TT 7 and TT 250, in the Ramesside period.

TT213

TT213 is a small Ramesside tomb at Deir el-Medina in the Theban necropolis, belonging to Penamun, a Servant in the Place of Truth, and dating to the 19th Dynasty.

TT214

TT214 is a rock-cut tomb at Deir el-Medina in the Theban Necropolis, built for Khawy, a guardian in the Place of Truth, under Ramesses II.

TT215

TT215 is the Theban tomb of Amenemopet, a Royal Scribe in the Place of Truth, dated to Dynasty XIX and located at Deir el-Medina in Egypt.

TT216

TT216 is the Theban tomb of Neferhotep (II), foreman of the right gang at Deir el-Medina in the later 19th Dynasty, and the largest workmen's tomb on the Theban west bank.

TT218

TT218 is the Theban tomb of Amennakht, a "servant in the Place of Truth" of the 19th Dynasty who lived at Deir el-Medina, excavated by Bernard Bruyère in 1927-1928.

TT219

TT219 is a Theban tomb at Deir el-Medina, the tomb of the workman Nebenmaat under Ramesses II, part of a unique family complex with tombs TT218 and TT220.

TT223

TT223 is the large temple-tomb of Karakhamun, an aq priest of the Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty, at South Asasif on Luxor's West Bank, under excavation and restoration since 2006.

TT226

TT226 is a private rock tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in the Theban Necropolis, dating to the reign of Amenhotep III, with scenes of four royal princes.

TT23

TT23 is a large Theban tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor, built for Tjay, a royal scribe who served pharaoh Merenptah in the 19th Dynasty.

TT233

TT233 is a private rock-cut tomb at Dra Abu el-Naga in the Theban Necropolis at Thebes, built in the 19th Dynasty for the official Saroy and his assistant Amenhotep-Huy.

TT24

TT24 is the Theban tomb of Nebamun, an Eighteenth Dynasty official who served as steward of the king's wife Nebtu under Thutmose III, cut into the Dra Abu el-Naga cemetery.

TT240

TT240 is a rock-cut tomb at North Asasif, Thebes, belonging to Meru, a royal sealer and overseer of sealers under Mentuhotep II in the late Eleventh Dynasty.

TT25

TT25 is a rock-cut private tomb in the el-Assasif area of the Theban necropolis, cut in the 19th Dynasty for Amenemhab, First Prophet of Khonsu, and his wife Tausert.

TT250

TT250 is a private tomb in the Theban Necropolis belonging to a man named Ramose, dated to the reign of Ramesses II in the 19th Dynasty, around 1279–1213 BC.

TT255

TT255 is the small painted tomb of Roy, a royal scribe and steward of the estates of King Horemheb and the Temple of Amun, at Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.

TT26

TT26 is a numbered private tomb in the Theban Necropolis at Thebes, Egypt, one of more than 400 tombs given TT numbers for modern archaeological reference.

TT27

TT27 is a large rock-cut tomb at El-Assasif in the Theban necropolis, built in the late 26th Dynasty for Sheshonq, Great Steward of the Divine Adoratrix Ankhnesneferibre.

TT279

TT279, the Tomb of Pabasa, is a 26th Dynasty Theban tomb in the Asasif necropolis on the West Bank of Thebes, built for Pabasa, great steward of Nitocris.

TT280

TT280 is the rock-cut Theban tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna of Meketre, a royal chief steward and chancellor, known for the 24 painted wooden models found there in 1920.

TT282

TT282 is a New Kingdom private tomb at Dra' Abu el-Naga in the Theban necropolis, recorded as belonging to an owner named Nakht, also written Minnakhte.

TT284 Paherypedjet

TT284 is a rock-cut tomb at Dra' Abu el-Naga in the Theban necropolis, built for Pahemneter, scribe of the divine offerings of all gods in Thebes.

TT286

TT286 is the Theban tomb of Niay, a scribe of the table, at Dra Abu el-Naga in the Theban necropolis, dated to the 20th Dynasty.

TT29

TT29 is the unfinished Theban tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna of Amenemopet called Pairy, vizier and governor of Thebes under Amenhotep II, who was instead buried in the Valley of the Kings.

TT3

TT3, the Tomb of Pashedu, is a rock-cut tomb at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, built for the workman Pashedu and best known for his kneeling scene beneath a dom-palm.

TT30

TT30 is an unfinished ancient Egyptian tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes, built for Khonsmose, a treasury scribe of Amun, in the 19th or 20th Dynasty.