New Book: Tutankhamen: the Two Brothers (second attempt)
The Two Brothers: Death and the Afterlife in Middle Kingdom Egypt, Rosalie David, Rutherford Press.
In 1907 a team led by the great Egyptologist Flinders Petrie discovered a small tomb hidden high in the cliffs above the Egyptian village of Rifeh. The undecorated rock-cut chamber contained the undisturbed burials of two men. Although modest in size, the tomb was remarkable both for the quality of its funeral equipment and for the enduring mystery of its occupants, Khnum-Nakht and Nakht-Ankh, who soon became known as the "Two Brothers".
In 1908, the mummies were unwrapped at the University of Manchester and examined in one of the first scientific studies of bodies from ancient Egypt. In recent years the remains of the “Two Brothers” have been re-examined using modern analytical techniques pioneered by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester, and more of the secrets hidden within their ancient bodies have been revealed.
- Curator’s Diary 7/5/12: Ct-scanning The Mummies (i)
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Does anyone know if there's a project collating the various mummy scan results world-wide? Last week I followed in a proud Manchester Museum tradition when I accompanied four of our mummies to the Manchester...
- New Book: Egyptian Mummies And Modern Science
The University of Manchester About half way down the page: Edited by the Director of the KNH Centre, Rosalie David, the book aims to show how the team's investigative methods are being used for new international research into disease evolution and...
- Gizeh And Rifeh
This 1907 publication by Flinders Petrie is one of my favorites and is highlighted with the discovery of an intact middle kingdom tomb of two brothers named Nekht Ankh and Khnum Nekht at a site called Rifeh. Their entire funerary ensemble including the...
- Conversations With Mummies
Rosalie David and Rick Archbold Harper Collins Publishers The Madison Press Limited New York 2000 ISBN: 0-688-17143-5 This books authors include the Eminent Dr. Rosalie David of the Manchester Museum and its Manchester Museum Mummy Project and Rick...
- Gizeh And Rifeh
This 1907 publication by Flinders Petrie is highlighted with the discovery of an intact middle kingdom tomb of two brothers named Nekht Ankh and Khnum Nekht at a site called Rifeh. Their entire funerary ensemble including the mummies (skeletons) of the...