The Tomb of Penout, Egypt

The Tomb of Penout, also know as Pennut, located in Southern Aswan region, near the Amada Temple. This tomb belongs to one of the officials who lived at the time of King Ramsis IV and was called Penout; he was the overseer of the town of Aniba. The tomb is a kind of rock-cut tombs. It consists of an antechamber, then a niche where there are the remains of three destroyed statues. The chamber has scenes of Penout offerings to the gods at that period, and others that represent the funeral and the final judgments. However, large sections of wall inscriptions have been cut away, leaving visitors more baffled. Unfortunately, more than 500 other tombs had to be left behind during the relocation process of important antiquities. In fact, the tomb of Penout is the only remaining one from this era. Many scholars believe that, had the area not been flooded, it would have been as impressive as the Valley of the Kings, and Valley of the Queens in Luxor. The only exception is that it was an area totally dedicated to the civil servants during that time period, rather than to King and Queens.