Egypt
In the excavation season of 1918-1919 the Metropolitan's excavations south of Deir El Bahri revealed a small coffin containing the well wrapped mummy of a prince of the early eighteenth dynasty named Amenemhat. A pectoral on the mummies chest shows Amenhotep I smiting the kings enemies, this suggests Amenhotep I may have been the young child's father.
The mummy and his burial much of which is dated to the twenty first dynasty was given through division of finds to the Metropolitan Museum of Art here are a few of the finds.
- The Forgotten Boy
Egyptians (Tim Reid) Tim has written a piece speculating on the identity of the third occupant of the side chamber in KV35, a young boy who seems to have got lost in the telling of the DNA tale. In this detailed post Tim examines the possibility of identifying...
- The Mummy On The Boat
In the summer 2012 issue of KMT magazine we find on pages 34 and 35 images recently found in Milan's Egyptology archives. One photograph of the mummy on the boat found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of Kings, KV35 displays the position...
- The Forgotten Boy
In the recent two year study of Eighteenth Dynasty royal mummies it seems that this boy from a side chamber in valley of kings tomb KV 35 was not included. There are artifacts from the tomb Kv 35 which belong to a son of Amenhotep II named Webensenu as...
- To The Great Lord Granted Eternal Life
With the arrival of the great cache of Dier el Bahari to the Boulaq museum in 1881 the directors found themselves in the presence of eleven kings of Dynasties 17 -21, ca. 1650 - 945 bce. Also accompanying the kings were seven queens and a number of prince's,...
- A Visit With The Mummy From The Tomb Of Seti Ii
Visitors to the tombs of the kings at Thebes rarely suspect they will be seeing Egypt's pharaonic dead. However there are a number of mummies remaining in the Biban al Molouk including the young prince in the tomb of Thutmose IV possibly the prince...
Egypt
The Metropolitan's Mummy of Prince Amenemhat
The mummy and his burial much of which is dated to the twenty first dynasty was given through division of finds to the Metropolitan Museum of Art here are a few of the finds.
Notes
1. Photo: Ambrose Lansing, February 1919, courtesy of "www.metmuseum.org."
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Southern Asasif, Cliff Tomb (MMA 1021), inside coffin 19.3.207a, b, MMA 1918–1919
Medium: Human remains
Dimensions: h. 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in) h. without head 0.60m h. head 14.5 cm
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number: 19.3.208a–e
- The Forgotten Boy
Egyptians (Tim Reid) Tim has written a piece speculating on the identity of the third occupant of the side chamber in KV35, a young boy who seems to have got lost in the telling of the DNA tale. In this detailed post Tim examines the possibility of identifying...
- The Mummy On The Boat
In the summer 2012 issue of KMT magazine we find on pages 34 and 35 images recently found in Milan's Egyptology archives. One photograph of the mummy on the boat found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of Kings, KV35 displays the position...
- The Forgotten Boy
In the recent two year study of Eighteenth Dynasty royal mummies it seems that this boy from a side chamber in valley of kings tomb KV 35 was not included. There are artifacts from the tomb Kv 35 which belong to a son of Amenhotep II named Webensenu as...
- To The Great Lord Granted Eternal Life
With the arrival of the great cache of Dier el Bahari to the Boulaq museum in 1881 the directors found themselves in the presence of eleven kings of Dynasties 17 -21, ca. 1650 - 945 bce. Also accompanying the kings were seven queens and a number of prince's,...
- A Visit With The Mummy From The Tomb Of Seti Ii
Visitors to the tombs of the kings at Thebes rarely suspect they will be seeing Egypt's pharaonic dead. However there are a number of mummies remaining in the Biban al Molouk including the young prince in the tomb of Thutmose IV possibly the prince...