KV55 Bands

ref.: September 14, 2002, "KV 55 Mummy Bands" by Federico Rocchi

Photo Source: Das Geheimnis des goldenen Sarges, A. Grimm and S. Schoske (eds.), Munchen 2001, pgs. 67 and 78.

Numbers in the photographs:
1) Line of double level (positioning rabbet/slot)
2) Corresponding double level line on the trough.


Figure 1: Six golden bands belonging to the lid of KV55 coffin.




Figure 2: Image of the KV55 coffin trough showing the bands over which the pieces shown in Figure 1 once laid upon when lid and trough were closed.



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