Egypt
Thuyu has long been known to Egyptologists through the reference made to her and her husband on a scarab known as "the marriage scarab" created as propaganda for Amenhotep III to announce his marriage to the lady Tiye the daughter of Yuya and Thuyu. The discovery of the couples well preserved tomb in 1905 in the Valley of kings was the greatest find of it's kind until the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
A number of people to the tomb in 1905 expressed a great sadness that the couples journey through eternity had been disturbed and could clearly understand that this was not good for the couples mummies. Recent events in Cairo have seen looters create damage to the Cairo museum including reports that two mummies have had their heads ripped off or worse been destroyed.
In a video yesterday I pointed out that the cartonnage mummy cover which lay directly on Thuyu's mummy is to be seen lying damaged on the floor next to Thuyu's coffin. This sadly may indicate that Thuyu has been the target of an attack by invaders to the museum and may well be one of two mummies reported destroyed.
Photo : The Theban Royal Mummy Project
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...
- Five More Objects Returned To Cairo Museum
Five more objects stolen from the Cairo museum have been recovered including a bronze scepter head and four statuettes of gods. Four of the bronzes are in good condition however a bronze of an Apis bull was returned broken though the report says it can...
- Residue Of Royal Mummies
There is a lot of room for doubt in the DNA results published in the JAMA last year as to the result of testing on king Tutankhamun's mummy and mummies believed related to him and the nobles Yuya and Thuyu....
- 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...
- Wv 22?
I have noticed on a number of sites that one of the mummies recently studied by Dr. Hawass has been given the designation of WV 22. The mummy in question was found in the Valley of kings in KV 35 in a side chamber with an inscription identifying it as...
Egypt
Who is Thuyu?
A number of people to the tomb in 1905 expressed a great sadness that the couples journey through eternity had been disturbed and could clearly understand that this was not good for the couples mummies. Recent events in Cairo have seen looters create damage to the Cairo museum including reports that two mummies have had their heads ripped off or worse been destroyed.
In a video yesterday I pointed out that the cartonnage mummy cover which lay directly on Thuyu's mummy is to be seen lying damaged on the floor next to Thuyu's coffin. This sadly may indicate that Thuyu has been the target of an attack by invaders to the museum and may well be one of two mummies reported destroyed.
Photo : The Theban Royal Mummy Project
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...
- Five More Objects Returned To Cairo Museum
Five more objects stolen from the Cairo museum have been recovered including a bronze scepter head and four statuettes of gods. Four of the bronzes are in good condition however a bronze of an Apis bull was returned broken though the report says it can...
- Residue Of Royal Mummies
There is a lot of room for doubt in the DNA results published in the JAMA last year as to the result of testing on king Tutankhamun's mummy and mummies believed related to him and the nobles Yuya and Thuyu....
- 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...
- Wv 22?
I have noticed on a number of sites that one of the mummies recently studied by Dr. Hawass has been given the designation of WV 22. The mummy in question was found in the Valley of kings in KV 35 in a side chamber with an inscription identifying it as...