KV62 The original tomb of King Smenkhkara
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Early in the reign of King Tutankhamon (Son of Ra) someone informed him that “the tomb of Smenkhkara was violated.” So Tutankhamon moved the occupant out of that tomb, and into KV55 Tomb. He kept the original tomb for himself so he wouldn’t have to build one.
Some Egyptologists believe KV55 Mummy is Akhenaton or that Smenkhkara is Queen Nefertiti. Everyone has their own theories. Some items from Smenkhkara / Nefertiti are found in KV62. This is because the tomb was violated but not fully looted, so some items or heirlooms were kept for Tutankhamon’s burial. This causes confusion amongst Egyptologists. The mural of King Ay may have been painted by Tutankhamon’s orders after he impersonated King Ay (his face appears on the body of King Ay, as Egyptologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves discovered. Tutankhamon’s face also appears on the faces of the Egyptian Deities). If Tutankhamon’s Queen wrote to the Hittites for a Prince to marry (during an escalation between the Hittites and Egypt) the Egyptian copies of those letters were entrusted to Vizier Ay, and Tutankhamon may have found them, and ordered the capture of the Hittite Prince. Tutankhamon then impersonates Ay as “King Ay” (Ay being in prison) for 4 years until General Horemhab returns to Egypt (after securing the border with the Hittites) before he dies and is interred in KV62. Tutankhamon would then write to the Hittites as “King Ay”, retain his Queen Ankhesenamon, and usurp his previous monuments – keeping them intact. The Hittite King then dies of Pestilence via infected Egyptian couriers. KV62 was opened during King Ay’s reign with some items from Smenkhkara’s original burial equipment (sealed for Tutankhamon’s use), and was later sealed after Tut died during the reign of his successor/Crown Prince Horemhab, whom persecuted Ay for Tut’s death, unaware of the situation. Tomb items from violated tombs are kept inside the tomb until used for a burial. The tomb was last opened during Horemhab’s reign.
Tutankhamon was age 7 when Akhenaton died in the 17th year of Akhenaton’s reign, as son of Nebmaatra Amonhotep 3 during the Co-regency between Akhenaton and Nebmaatra. Smenkhkara ruled for the intermediate 2 years until Tut was crowned at age 9. Tut’s co-regency with Neferneferuaton lasted 3 years until age 12, when he moved the Capital out of Akhetaton (Tell Al-Amarna) and back to Waset/Thebes. Neferneferuaton was believed to be either “Nefertiti” or “Sitamon” the daughter/wife of Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra, Tut’s real father. Sitamon was an heir to Nebmaatra and ruled as Pharaoh, successor to Akhenaton (her brother). © M7C 2022.
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