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Expeditions to Dahshur north, Contents

• Preliminary Report of the General Survey at Dahshur north, Spring 1996
  A large tomb-chapel of the New Kingdom was found

  See a note on the tomb-chapel (The Japanese only).

• The First Excavation at Dahshur north, Spring 1997
  A shaft was detected at the center of the second court of the tomb-chapel, and some rooms were found.
• The Second and Third Excavations at Dahshur north, Autumn 1997 and Spring 1998
  A large numbers of the finds dated to the late New Kingdom were discovered in the substructure of the tomb-chapel. The site was also largely investigated and the details of the brick building was recorded. A ring bearing the name of Ankhesenamun, wife of Tutankhamun was also found at the site.
• The Fourth Excavation at Dahshur north, Winter 1998
  A large unfinished sarcophagus was found in the innermost room of the tomb-chapel, and record work was conducted. The name of Mes is inscribed on the sarcophagus.
• The Fifth Excavation at Dahshur north, Spring 1999
  Some shafts located around the tomb-chapel were investigated.
• The Sixth Excavation at Dahshur north, Spring 2000
  Some shaft tombs were newly excavated.
• The Seventh Excavation at Dahshur north, Spring 2001
  The shaft tombs nos. 13, 14, 15, 31, 32, 33 and the eastern part of the tomb-chapel of Ipay were newly investigated.
• The Eighth Excavation at Dahshur north, Spring 2002
  The shaft tomb no. 15 and its adjacent area were investigated in detail.

The latest site plan

A model of the substructure of the tomb-chapel of Ipay is shown by VRML.

No. 16 is an unfinished tomb-shaft.

From the tomb No. 17 at Dahshur site, a numbers of the mud fragments of wine jar stopper bearing the name of Tutankhamun have been found.

The shaft tomb No. 23 has 4 rooms, and traces of the enlargement of the shaft have been detected.

There are two rooms in the substructure of the shaft tomb No. 24.

A complicated disposition of 7 rooms is noteworthy.

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General view of the excavation site by QuickTimeVR Panorama (246KB)

General view from the peak of the pyramid of Senwosret III (508KB)
(Prepared by Masahiko Sato, graduate student of the Department of Architecture, Waseda University)

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(First drafted: 20 February 1996)
(Last revised: 10 April 2002)