Burial Piye

piye s pyramid @ el-kurru

piye s tomb located next largest pyramid in cemetery, designated ku.1 (seen in image on right), @ el-kurru near jebel barkal in northern sudan. down stairway of 19 steps opened east, burial chamber cut bedrock open trench , covered corbelled masonry roof. body had been placed on bed rested in middle of chamber on stone bench 4 corners cut away receive legs of bed bed platform lay directly on bench. further out edge of cemetery (the first pharaoh receive such entombment in more 500 years) 4 favorite horses had been buried. site occupied tombs of several later members of dynasty.