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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."
She came from Akhmim, Upper Egypt and was involved in the cult of Amun. She died aged about 25. She appears to have been placed in a recycled coffin, as textile from the coffin lining was dated to 485 BC – a discrepancy of 300 years. [36] Tayesmutengebtiu Chantress of Amun c.900 BC 22nd Dynasty Female 1850s-1880s —
In a cemetery south of Deir el-Balah anthropoid coffins were found when locals were reclaiming sand dunes. [17] The coffins were found among a few simple burials and when unearthed appeared to be in pristine shape, however they were actually being held together by the sand that had filled the cracks and was supporting the frame of the coffin from external pressure. [18]
Preparing for the afterlife “Inside Ancient Egypt” is one of the most popular exhibits at the museum and includes a three-story replica of a type of tomb called a mastaba.The tomb’s burial ...
The ancient Egyptians are well known to have placed a great importance on burials, and a recent find further exemplifies that. Museum finds 18-week-old mummified fetus inside tiny Egyptian coffin ...
Believed to have ruled for approximately 12 years between 2300 and 2181 B.C., Teti was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although Teti’s sarcophagus is 4,300 years old ...
Ancient DNA analysis of the mummies of Nakht-Ankh and Khnum-Nakht, found that the brothers belonged to the M1a1 mtDNA haplogroup with 88.05–91.27% degree of confidence, thus confirming the African origins of the two individuals. The presence of M1 in Africa is the result of a back-migration from Asia.
Two more coffins, purchased by the museum in 1867, were topped with a creature that was part eel, part cobra and had a human head, the study said, depicting the ancient Egyptian solar and creator ...