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| Theban tomb TT55 | |
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| Burial site of Ramose | |
 Floor plan of TT55 | |
| Location | Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban Necropolis |
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| Ramose in hieroglyphs | |||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||
Tomb TT55 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor.[2] It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Vizier Ramose. It has a main room originally containing thirty-two columns and a corridor with eight columns. This tomb is notable for the high quality decorations in both the traditional and Amarna styles.[3]
The tomb, which was featured in the first episode of the 2005 BBC documentary series How Art Made the World, has been open to the public, from 7.00am to 5.00pm, since 2007, as part of a 3 tomb group with TT56 Userhet and TT57 Khaemhet. Non-flash photography is permitted, with a fee of LE 300 for cameras and at no fee for mobile phones, again, on the 3 tomb group basis.
- ^ Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pg 105-111
- ^ Baikie, James (1932). Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley. Methuen.
- ^ "Ramose - TT55". Retrieved 2007-06-05.