Kha Tomb

In 1906, the resting place of the Egyptian architect Kha and his wife Merit was discovered by the Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The tomb was discovered by the cemetery at Deir-el Medina, which served as the village of the royal tomb makers. Inside Ernesto Schiaparelli discover that the tomb appeared to be unrobed and contained most of the items, originally placed inside for its dead occupants, very well preserved. This was the case because of the odd location of the tomb with it being located on the opposite side of the cliff rather than underneath Kha’s chapel. Kha was an important figure in New Kingdom Egypt with his close working position with the pharaohs Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III as head chief architect. Such being his family was very well off compared to the common
The quality of hieroglyphs varied from extremely detailed and high quality versus the quick stick figure types in other quickly made tombs. The hieroglyphs on the walls resembled the papyrus scrolled that the scribes wrote on in everyday life. Scenes depicting pharaohs, such as Ramses the II, and commoners alike hunting and engaging in war were very common to find on the tombs walls and are commonly sold as souvenirs to tourists today on papyrus scrolls.
In conclusion, the tomb of Kha, found in 1906 by Ernesto Schiaparelli in Deir-el Medina, was a very important find for archaeology as it being one of the few untouched tombs gave archaeologist a clear view on what exactly was in a tomb of Kha’s social standing as chief architect during the New Kingdom. Kha and Merit also gave a view into the gender roles and differences in their treatment as well as their everyday representation. More items are in Kha’s name with him having very expensive items and even personal gifts from pharaohs while Merit only had a handful of cheaper items in her