Egypt
This mummy though off display for many years is currently covered by a sheet in the Imhotep museum at Saqqara.
The King ruled between 2287-2278 bce and this does not correspond with the style of mummification present which is more inline with the 15th or 14th centuries bce.
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html
- The Penn's Baby Boy Mummy
The fine people "In the Artifact Lab" at the Penn Museum have presented here a beautiful mummy of a boy and the studies which have taken place by them and earlier researchers. The unwrapped mummy was probably less than 2 years old when he died and likely...
- Mummified Leg
A leg has been mummified in traditional mummification technique from Pharaonic Egypt. The picture says the mummy pictured is Thutmosis IV when it is actually the mummy identified as Thutmosis II even though there is a chance that he is actually Thutmosis...
- Hyderabad's Mummy To Be Restored
Efforts are being made to restore a mummy in the Hyderabad museum. The article says the mummy is Old Kingdom in date but it also says that it belonged to the period of Egypt,s sixth Pharaoh which to my knowledge there is no proof of mummification in the...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...
- Who's Out
With the advent of tomography, CT scans and DNA very little is left private. The naked bodies of ancient king's lay for the most part in the lands where they lived but some journey after their dead. Leaving Egypt 140 years ago to house in a Niagara...
Egypt
Head of the Mummy from the Pyramid of Merenre I
This mummy though off display for many years is currently covered by a sheet in the Imhotep museum at Saqqara.The King ruled between 2287-2278 bce and this does not correspond with the style of mummification present which is more inline with the 15th or 14th centuries bce.
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html
- The Penn's Baby Boy Mummy
The fine people "In the Artifact Lab" at the Penn Museum have presented here a beautiful mummy of a boy and the studies which have taken place by them and earlier researchers. The unwrapped mummy was probably less than 2 years old when he died and likely...
- Mummified Leg
A leg has been mummified in traditional mummification technique from Pharaonic Egypt. The picture says the mummy pictured is Thutmosis IV when it is actually the mummy identified as Thutmosis II even though there is a chance that he is actually Thutmosis...
- Hyderabad's Mummy To Be Restored
Efforts are being made to restore a mummy in the Hyderabad museum. The article says the mummy is Old Kingdom in date but it also says that it belonged to the period of Egypt,s sixth Pharaoh which to my knowledge there is no proof of mummification in the...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...
- Who's Out
With the advent of tomography, CT scans and DNA very little is left private. The naked bodies of ancient king's lay for the most part in the lands where they lived but some journey after their dead. Leaving Egypt 140 years ago to house in a Niagara...