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The "extraordinary" tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian woman has been found 4,000 years after her death. ... 4,300-Year-Old Mummy Covered in Gold Is Among the Dazzling Discoveries Made at Egyptian Site.
The tomb was partially discovered nearly 160 years ago but was lost in the sand until now. 4,400-year-old tomb — with a preserved mummy inside — unearthed in Egypt. Again
Out of the over dozen Egyptian mummies housed in Chicago’s Field Museum, the one of an aristocrat Chenet-aa who lived 3,000 years ago has stood out in particular due to her strange burial procedure.
The following is a list of mummies that include Egyptian pharaohs and their named mummified family members. [a] Some of these mummies have been found to be remarkably intact, while others have been damaged from tomb robbers and environmental conditions (with some only having small fragments representing the mummy as a result).
He was 55–65 years old at the time of his death. [12] Imhotep: Vizier: Unknown 18th: Male 1903–1905 — Irtyersenu: c.600BC 26th Female Before 1825 — Irtyersenu, also known as "Dr Granville's mummy" or "the Granville mummy" was an ancient Egyptian woman who died aged around 50 and was buried in Thebes.
Lady Rai (c. 1570/1560 BC – 1530 BC) was an ancient Egyptian woman of the early 18th Dynasty who served as nursemaid to Queen Ahmose-Nefertari (1562–1495 BC). [1] Her mummified remains were discovered in a Theban tomb in 1881 and it is estimated that she was about 30–40 years old when she died around 1530 BC. [2]
Open-mouthed mummies. The “screaming woman” had been buried beneath the tomb of Senmut, an architect of the temple of Egyptian queen Hatschepsut (1479–1458 BC) who held important positions ...
In 1992, German toxicologist Svetlana Balabanova discovered traces of cocaine, hashish and nicotine on Henut Taui's hair as well as on the hair of several other mummies of the museum, [5] which is significant [2] in that the only source for cocaine and nicotine had at that time been considered to be the coca and tobacco plants native to the Americas, and were not thought to have been present ...