The Burial chamber

House of Gold Wherein One Rests

House of Gold Wherein One Rests

Conservation work

The burial chamber is smaller than originally planned, The burial pit lies on the tomb's axis.The burial chamber is known asIf the tomb had been completed, the right (north) and left (south) sides of the lower floor level would have been extended, leaving only ledges for the upper floor level on the left and right sides of the chamber, instead of the wide surfaces now there.The sides of the burial pit were roughly widened to accommodate a large, red granite sarcophagus box, now broken in two, with its foot half lying in the pit.Four pillars flank the front (east) wall of the chamber with two on each side of the descent from the gate to the central lower level.The first and fourth pillars were not completely cut away from the surrounding rock.The pillars show Rameses VI with, andIn the rear (west) wall, there are four pilasters, representing unfinished cuttings of pillars.The left, right and rear walls and pilasters are decorated with texts from the Book of the Earth. Pilasters 2 and 3 are inscribed with the names of Rameses VI.The vaulted ceiling, which extends over the burial pit and the spaces to its west and east, is cut at a right angle to the tomb's axis.The Sky goddess "is drawn twice separating the vaulted ceiling into two spaces (east and west).The space to the east depicting the "Book of day" with red disks "the sun" inside the yellow body of Nut and a very dark blue background.holds names and epithets of Rameses the sixth. and a description of the sun godjourney through the heavens in the day time before he is swallowed by the sky goddess "The space to the west is depicting the "Book of night" with five points stars inside of Nut and a black background representing the night.is a description of the sun godjourney through the heavens wherein he is swallowed by the sky goddessin the evening and reborn in the morning.The burial chamber in the tomb of Ramesses VI assumed its present look after the conservation project carried out there in the 2000s and directed by Ted Brock.The sarcophagus box now displayed in the right-side part of the chamber was pieced together from hundreds of fragments shattered in antiquity and previously found in different parts of the tomb; it was decided to leave the gigantic outer stone box (in which the sarcophagus was originally placed) as it was - broken and displaced.The current placement of the restored pieces is not the same as their original locations but It was a serious conservation and presentation issue of where and how to put the restored pieces (and what and how to restore in the first place) and the project director Ted Brock and other professionals involved gave it a very serious consideration before they settled on the current solution.Finally, the mummy-like stone sarcophagus lid was put on display in the central niche in the back wall (not its original place.)The head part of the lid has been in London since the early 19th century.Displayed in the tomb is an exact replica.information about the conservation project was generously provided to us by Mr. Jaroslaw Dobrowolski from:information about this very rich tomb is provided with a little help from our friends at The Theban Mapping Project , check out their amazing work documenting the valley and make sure you follow us for updates.