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This mummy was one of the very few that remained undisturbed in its sarcophagus since first mentioned in 1876. Sha-Amun-en-su lived during the 22nd dynasty, and was a priestess as well as a temple singer. Her mummy was destroyed in 2018 from a large-scale fire in the National Museum of Brazil, where her mummy had been on display. Shep-en-Isis
A mummy was uncovered in 1881 by Émile and Heinrich Karl Brugsch in the black basalt sarcophagus of the burial chamber of the Pyramid of Merenre. The mummy is that of a 1.66 m (5.4 ft)-tall man, already in a poor condition at discovery as ancient tomb robbers had partially torn off its wrappings.
Isometric, plan and elevation images of KV35. It has a bent axis, typical of the layout of early Eighteenth Dynasty tombs, [1] but several features make this tomb unusual. The burial chamber is rectangular and divided into upper and lower pillared sections, with the lower part holding the cartouche-shaped royal sarcophagus of the king.
Seti's mummy was later moved to the mummy cache in tomb KV35; only the lid of his sarcophagus remains in KV15. [ 1 ] KV15 is known to have been opened in antiquity, as there are 59 examples of Greek and Latin graffiti on the walls.
Sarcophagus Sealed for 2,000 Years Finally Opened izanbar - Getty Images Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus.
The papyrus plan also depicts the pharaoh's sarcophagus surrounded by four concentric sets of shrines, the same layout of shrines that were found intact within Tutankhamun's tomb. [1] The other plan of the tomb was found inscribed on a slab of limestone not far from the tomb's entrance, and is a rough layout of the tomb depicting the location ...
The sarcophagus of Seti I is a life-size sarcophagus of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh that was discovered in 1817 by the Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni in tomb KV17 in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. [1] Seti I is believed to have died in 1279 BC and the sarcophagus would have housed his coffin and mummy. [2]
The coffin of Nedjemankh is a gilded ancient Egyptian coffin from the late Ptolemaic Period.It once encased the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram-god Heryshaf.The coffin was purchased by the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art in July 2017 to be the centerpiece of an exhibition entitled "Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin."