Tomb of Ay at Amarna--Southern Tomb 25
| Tomb of Ay at Amarna (Southern Tomb 25) | |
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| Burial site of Ay | |
View from the entrance of Ay's Amarna EA25 tomb | |
| Coordinates | 27°39′42″N 30°54′20″E / 27.6617°N 30.9056°E |
| Location | Southern tombs, Amarna |
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The Tomb of Ay at Amarna is a tomb chapel in Amarna, Egypt. It is the last and southernmost tomb in Amarna and is named Southern Tomb 25. It was intended for the burial of Ay, who later became Pharaoh, after the 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamun. The grave was never finished, and Ay was later interred in the Western Valley of the Valley of the Kings (tomb WV23), in Thebes.
The tomb was only partially carved from the rock, with the first part of the pillared hall approaching completion. It contains depictions of Ay receiving rewards from Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
This Amarna tomb was published after an excavation in 1903 by Norman de Garis Davies. A depiction of a pair of red gloves were interpreted by Davies as "the first" gloves ever. The tomb also contains the longest, most complete version of the Great Hymn to the Aten.