Symbolic Location and Alignment in New Kingdom Royal Tombs and their Decoration

cussed to at least some extent the possible alignment of the hypogea with other structures such as mortuary temples, or with the cardinal points, as well as the orientation and positioning of the sarcophagi within the tombs. Recent research indicates, however, that it may be profitable to readdress some of these basic questions, and that there are other aspects of locational symbolism such as the location of certain representational elements in the decorative schemes of the