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Mummy of Ramesses the Third



Mummy of Ramesses the Third
The pharaoh Ramesses the Third is considered to have been the last great king of the New Kingdom. He was not the son of Ramesses the Second; his father was Seth-nakhte, the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty.
He was a great admirer of his ancestor Ramesses the Second and he followed in his footsteps, especially as a great warrior and in his building works. He built a great temple on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor called Medinet Habu, and many structures in Karnak and Luxor temples, in Heliopolis, Memphis, Abydos and Hermopolis.
He saved Egypt from an invasion of the so-called "Sea people," who were more dangerous than the Hyksos, and defeated them in a naval battle.
He seems to have died when he was in his sixties as the result of a harem conspiracy; the records of the trial of his murderers still survive.
He was buried in tomb KV 11 in the Valley of the Kings; it had been begun for his father but was abandoned on the latter's early death. Due to the tomb being robbed, the mummy was moved several times by the priests, and the king was reburied three times.
The last tomb was where the mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cachette in 1881. His mummy had pierced ears, which was the fashion during this period.
Present location EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [01/001] CAIRO EM
Inventory number CG 61083
Dating RAMESSES III/USERMAATRE-MERIAMUN
Archaeological Site DEIR EL-BAHARI
Category MALE MUMMY
Material ORGANIC
Technique UNSPECIFIED
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Mummy of Tuthmosis the Second

Mummy of Tuthmosis the Second
Tuthmosis the Second was the son of Tuthmosis the First and Mutnefert. He succeeded his father and married his half-sister Hatshepsut. Except for a military campaign against Nubia, little is known of his reign, which lasted for about ten years.
His mummy was presumably violated by tomb robbers. Therefore it was moved to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette, where it was rewrapped and restored. The king, like the other pharaohs, has his hands crossed over his chest, in a pose that continued to be followed in mummies of kings for many generations. X-ray analysis shows that he died in his thirties.
Scabrous patches, rather than a disease, covered his skin, perhaps because of the embalming process. His right leg was completely broken away from the body. Unlike the other royal mummies, his fingers and toe nails were trimmed and clean.
Present location EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [01/001] CAIRO EM
Inventory number JE 26212
Dating TUTHMOSIS II/AAKHEPERENRE
Archaeological Site DEIR EL-BAHARI
Category MALE MUMMY
Material ORGANIC
Technique UNSPECIFIED
Height 168.4 cm
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