Have you ever visited the Tomb of Kheper Heperona-Ay KV23 AT Luxor #Pharaohs

#discover_in_history Kheperkheperura-Ay was the 14th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, who had a short reign of 3 or 4 years (1346-1343 BC), succeeding the young Tutankhamon, who died prematurely. With him closed what was called “the Amarna period“, during which Akhenaton and his immediate successors tried to change the thousand-year-old religious system of the country. But who was Ay? One thing is certain, he was not the legitimate heir to the throne, and, to a certain degree, his reign could constitute a dynasty all of its own, just like that of his successor Horemheb.
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