The Tomb of Tia and Tia

An archaeological excavation report which documents an important New Kingdom tomb complex in Egypt Tia was an overseer of the treasury during the 19th Dynasty, who married a sister of the Pharaoh Ramesses II (also called Tia) making him the king's brother-in-law. The tomb is built in the ancient burial ground of Memphis at Saqqara, placed near the large tomb of General Horemheb. Archaeologists consider it a major monument of the Ramesside period. Inscriptions show that Ramesses II helped build parts of it as a shrine or temple for Osiris.