However, even this barrier, which was situated atop rubble rather than the bedrock, did not last but it appears that when the tomb of Ramesses IX was cut the chips and debris spilled over the entrance, effectively sealing it once more. This probably occurred during the 20th Dynasty, when other tombs in the area were also resealed. Apparently that barrier had been breached, and later the corridor was filled with limestone rubble, to within a meter of the ceiling, that flowed out into the single chamber and once again blocked off with a roughly built wall of limestone over the remains of the original barrier. The tomb was partially sealed by its original door and plastered, which was then stamped with the 'jackal and nine captives' stamp, the same seal found on the tomb of Tutankhamun. He had been working west of the tomb of Ramesses IX ( KV6) on a pottery jar cache when he accidentally uncovered the entrance to KV55. The tomb was discovered by Edward Ayrton (an American lawyer turned Egyptologist), while working as an excavator for Theodore Davis, on January 6th, 1907.

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