Tomb of Perneb

It was discovered in 1907, purchased from the Egyptian government in 1913 and given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, by Edward S.

The tomb was dismantled in 1913 by Albert Lythgoe and Ambrose Lansing, with the help of countless Egyptian workers.

She wrote to her colleague James Breasted that "People were formed in line two abreast all the way back to the Fifth avenue entrance to get into the chambers.

There are two cases of the objects found in the course of the excavations including the greater part of Perneb’s skull.

[6] In its original location, there were two small obelisks at the western corners of the courtyard, honoring the sun god Re.